
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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