French project Nouvelle Vague has released a new version of Depeche Mode's song Only When I Lose Myself. It features vocalist Mélanie Pain and is another preview from the upcoming album A Date With Depeche Mode, which will be entirely devoted to the repertoire of this British band. Rolling Stone France ↗
"The idea is simple and radical: take those synthetic and cold songs, strip them bare and reassemble them elsewhere," the band stated in a statement. According to them, the goal is to "weave a connection between new wave melancholy and bossa nova melancholy". Rolling Stone France ↗
The album will feature several guests — in addition to Mélanie Pain, also Beth Hirsch and Phoebe Killdeer. The song Enjoy the Silence was performed by Skye Edwards from Morcheeba and Larry Love from Alabama 3, Never Let Me Down Again was given a voice by Flavie Coelho, and Just Can't Get Enough is sung by Eva de Marce. The album will be released on October 30th. Rolling Stone France ↗
Following the release, a series of concerts will take place around the world in 2027, including three in France — one of them on April 23, 2027 at the CCM John Lennon cultural center in Limoges. Rolling Stone France ↗
Nouvelle Vague built their reputation precisely on this principle: they take punk and new wave songs and rework them into bossa nova and soft pop. Their name is a triple play on words — in French it means "new wave", in English it refers to new wave, and in Portuguese it refers precisely to bossa nova.
In the SuperMusic.cz database of lyrics and chords, the band has more than forty songs including covers of Love Will Tear Us Apart and In A Manner Of Speaking. You will also find the original version of Only When I Lose Myself by Depeche Mode and three other songs that the French band reworked for the album.
Illustrative photo: Martin Stabenfeldt from Oslo, Norway / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Nouvelle Vague Reworks Depeche Mode into Bossa Nova. Album A Date With Depeche Mode to Be Released on October 30th
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