Blog: Consequence Of Sound

Depeche Mode has always had a peculiar place among the annals of music. The band's breakthrough single, 1981's "Just Can't Get Enough", contains one of the most memorable (and arguably annoying) synth melodies ever. Nearly 30 years later you can't help but pogo to it anytime it comes on. However, the majority of the band's catalog (most notably its string of late-80s and early-90s signature releases) lives in a limbo between shoegazer and pop, though obviously closer to the latter. And under every anthemic chorus lies a dark, if not sinister, edge. With 1997's Ultra , the [...]