Today, electronic music duo Soft Cell has released “The Space Inside,” which is darker electronic pop track showing the heavier and moodier side of forthcoming new album Danceteria. This will be Soft Cell’s sixth and final studio album, which is set for release on September 25, through Republic of Music. The ditty transports listeners back to the queer leather bars and sex clubs of Manhattan’s Meatpacking District in the early 80s, where the city’s night owls find themselves “searching for redemption in the night’s decay.”
This track directly contrasts with previous single “In Heaven (When I Dance With You),” which is a lighter summery poppy cut from Danceteria with a feelgood, kitschy video by collage artist Vicki Bennett, starring Marc and Dave performing on a heavenly dancefloor and floating with synths through the clouds. Danceteria features career-defining performances from the electronic pop legends. Reminiscent of Sparks, Pet Shop Boys and with lyrics Lady Gaga would kill for, the album takes you on a vivid journey through a day in early ’80s New York, bouncing round the clock from night to bleary daybreak and headlong back into the club.
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