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Pet Shop Boys are to release their new album "Nonetheless" in April (1CD & 2CD Deluxe) and a new single "Loneliness", taken from the album also to be released.

Nonetheless

01. Loneliness
02. Feel
03. Why am I dancing?
04. New London boy
05. Dancing star
06. A new bohemia
07. The schlager hit parade
08. The secret of happiness
09. Bullet for Narcissus
10. Love is the law

Bonus CD and 12″ with deluxe

01. Heart (New PSB version)
02. Being boring (New PSB version)
03. Always on my mind (New PSB version)
04. It’s a sin (New PSB version)

Loneliness CD/12 Inch Single

01. Lonliness (Radio Edit)
02. Party in the Blitz
03. Through you (extended mix)

A video has been released for the track "Loneliness" which you can watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUVfoybVqIg

After a few plays I must admit the single does not really grab me.

not sure why...it grabbed me just like the two B Sides. It could be like Dreamworld when it first came out but then I started to hear it all over in stores...in the USA..which is a rare thing!

The Radio edit is starting to grab me and I do like "Through You", as ever the Pet Shop Boys produce a brilliant B side

Very impressed with this song, especially after being extremely underwhelmed with the previous lead single (and to a lesser extent, with "The Pop Kids"). Sure, it's probably not groundbreaking, but it's a pretty good song nonetheless. Even sounds like a vast improvement over "Hotspot" sound-wise (not so muddy-sounding).

The b-sides I think will take me a few listens, but I'm optimistic. Not a fan of the radio edit, but that could change.

Produced by James Ford. So no Stuart Price productions anymore?

The single is quite good, a grower I think. Very interested to hear the new album in a couple of months.

It's great that PSB are still making music after all these years,
but just like Erasure,
they keep releasing music that just doesn't stand out.
Sure they have their own signature sound,
but every song sounds like it's a slight variation of every other song.
I buy all the new releases,
but after one or two listens,
they are put away,
never to be played again.

oldwaver2 wrote:It's great that PSB are still making music after all these years,
but just like Erasure,
they keep releasing music that just doesn't stand out.
Sure they have their own signature sound,
but every song sounds like it's a slight variation of every other song.
I buy all the new releases,
but after one or two listens,
they are put away,
never to be played again.

This sums up my thought about PSB, Erasure, DM etc...