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Erasure are an English synth-pop duo, consisting of singer and songwriter Andy Bell and songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke. They formed in London in 1985. Their debut single was “Who Needs Love Like That”. From their fourth single, “Sometimes”, the duo established themselves on the UK Singles Chart, becoming one of the most successful artists of the late 1980s to mid-1990s.

As a teenager, Vince Clarke was inspired to make electronic music after hearing Wirral synth band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (an influence on Erasure’s work). He became a founding member of Depeche Mode and the sole writer of their first three singles, including the breakthrough Top 10 hit “Just Can’t Get Enough”. After leaving the band in late 1981, Clarke forged a similarly notable career with the duo Yazoo.

After two hit albums in as many years (1982–1983), he split with Yazoo partner Alison Moyet and formed the short-lived project The Assembly with producer Eric Radcliffe.

On 21 August 2020, Erasure released their eighteenth studio album, The Neon. The album was preceded by the single, “Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling)” on the same day and first heard on BBC Radio 2’s “The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show.” The band has stated that they tried to go back to their original sounds. Clarke has used some of his older synths and Bell described the new album as “going back to the beginning”