OUT: Soft Cell’s gay frontman: Homophobia has ‘taken other faces’ since ’80s prejudice
SOURCE By Gil Macias Sep 25, 2026 For nearly five decades, Soft Cell has radically reshaped electronic music with its signature collision of raw emotion, soulful melodrama, and synthesizer sleaze. From the neon-drenched grooves of their acclaimed 1981 debut, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, to an illustrious 27-album solo run, Marc Almond’s distinctive voice and theatrical flair have […]
NEW YORK TIMES: Soft Cell Finds an Ending Back Where It All Began
SOURCE By Jim Farber Sept. 21, 2026 Last October, the musicians who comprise the synth-pop group Soft Cell, Marc Almond and Dave Ball, had the chance to hear the final mixes of the album they’d been working on for months. “Afterwards, we were both really happy,” Almond recalled. “Dave was absolutely buoyant. He was even looking […]
SPIN (print): Don’t You Want My Tainted Love (The Human League and Soft Cell)
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SPIN: Soft Cell’s Marc Almond Never Says Never to Anything
SOURCE Written by Lily Moayeri | August 31, 2026 – 9:30 am Soft Cell in 1981. (Credit: Peter Ashworth) Never tell Marc Almond he can’t do something he’s determined to do. Earlier this season at the Hollywood Bowl, his group Soft Cell was second on an all-star bill featuring Alison Moyet and the Human League. After an unforgettable set, Marc […]
US WEEKLY: Most Anticipated Albums of Fall 2026: Carly Rae Jepsen, Orville Peck, Tinashe and More [SOFT CELL]
SOURCE By Nicholas Hautman August 28, 2026 Summer may be winding down, but music fans have plenty to look forward to this fall.From long-awaited returns and career-defining new chapters to final bows and deeply personal statements, the season’s release calendar is stacked with something for every kind of listener. Carly Rae Jepsen, Orville Peck, Tinashe and Leon Bridges are among the […]
TEXAS MONTHLY: It’s the Summer of Butthole Surfers. Even They Aren’t Sure Why.
SOURCE By Dan Solomon July 21, 2026 Austin’s Butthole Surfers weren’t just iconic, they were iconoclastic. There were the unhinged live shows—not so much concerts as performance art, in which front man Gibby Haynes would strip to his underwear, or fire a shotgun, or set a cymbal on fire, or hide condoms filled with fake blood under his […]
ILLINOIS ENTERTAINER MAGAZINE *cover*: The Church: The Warm Cocoon
SOURCE By Tom Lanham July 2026 “True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud of the contemplation of so fine a virtue,” once observed German theologian Martin Luther. At 71, songwriter/painter/poet/novelist Steve Kilbey can easily relate. As much fun as it’s always been for the bandleader […]
PEOPLE MAGAZINE: Soft Cell’s Marc Almond on The Group’s New Tour with the Human League and the 45th Anniversary of ‘Tainted Love’ (Exclusive)
SOURCE By David Chiu Updated on May 26, 2026 05:45PM EDT It’s hard to imagine that Soft Cell — the British synthpop duo of singer Marc Almond and keyboardist Dave Ball — nearly passed on recording and releasing “Tainted Love,” their iconic cover of Gloria Jones’ 1964 song that catapulted them to superstardom. Originally, Almond […]
FLOOD MAGAZINE: The Human League’s Hard-Won Hits
SOURCE Words: Lyndsey Parker Photo: Perou May 21, 2026 The Human League were four and a half songs into their set at the 2023 edition of Pasadena’s Cruel World Festival when—after only two flashes of lightning streaked the sky, seven miles away—promoters pulled the plug and evacuated the Rose Bowl grounds. It was a decision that baffled the group, who […]
POLLSTAR MAGAZINE ** COVER ** They’re Only Immortal: Human League’s First US Tour In 15 Years
SOURCE UK synth-pop pioneers The Human League last performed their unforgettable Eighties hits live in the U.S. in 2023, but not every stop went exactly as planned. Just five songs into the group’s set at the Cruel World festival in Pasadena, California, that May, festival officials from Goldenvoice beseeched founder and frontman Philip Oakey and […]