British electronic tune pioneers Depeche Mode introduced a brand new album and world excursion on Tuesday, their first because the demise of founding member Andrew Fletcher this year.

In a press event livestreamed from Berlin, singer Dave Gahan and guitarist and keyboardist Martin Gore stated they had been nonetheless working on “Memento Mori”, their fifteenth studio album for the reason that band in the beginning formed in Basildon, eastern England in 1980.

The name, meaning “Remember you have to die”, became chosen before Fletcher, the band’s keyboard participant, died in May.

“We’re quite far into it now within the actual recording manner. We’ve got all the tracks completed kind of for the album with out them being blended,” Gore stated.

“All of the songs or even the album name became kind of determined before Andy exceeded. (The title) sounds very morbid however I think you may have a look at it very definitely as nicely in that live each day to the max. That’s how we like to interpret it too.”

Most of the songs were penned all through the COVID-19 pandemic, with their topics stimulated by means of that length, Gore stated in a announcement at the band’s internet site.

“After Fletch’s passing, we decided to retain as we’re sure that is what he might have wanted, and that has in reality given the assignment an extra level of which means,” he stated.

Fletcher died after struggling an aortic dissection. He became 60. Gore and Gahan lower back to the studio in July.

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“Many times we’d funny story or things could come up and of direction we missed Fletch,” Gahan stated in Berlin.

The band will kick off a international tour to assist the album’s spring release, in March.

They released their final studio album, “Spirit”, in 2017.