Video: Pet Shop Boys - Love etc. (new single 2009) from album yes will be released on 23rd march 2009

"Love Etc." is the first single off Pet Shop Boys' forthcoming tenth studio album, Yes , and it finds the duo staying a lot truer to the quality and form of their earlier work than a lot groups working on their third decade together. "Love etc." is a frigid synth concoction that evokes silhouettes of young people making out in a dark alley somewhere, with a slightly industrial edge. Like I said, they're staying pretty true to form. British production duo Xenomania helped Pet Shop Boys out on Yes , which is out on Parolophone March 23 in [...]

Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe teamed up with UK production team Xenomania for their forthcoming tenth studio album, Yes , which includes guest spots from Johnny Marr and string arrangements via Owen Pallett, aka Final Fantasy (aka whoa). But all we've heard is the first single "Love Etc.," co-written by Xenomania. It's a catchy, icy meld of Tennant's ageless voice spinning an excellently cynical -- but warm, because of the "love" component -- yarn about always needing more within a city of synthesizers, drum machines, and factory-line group chants that should appeal to fans of dance floors. (And [...]