In Episode #176 of The XS Noize Podcast, host Mark Millar speaks to Neil Arthur from Blancmange about the career-spanning compilation Everything is Connected (The Best of Blancmange 1979-2024).
Blancmange’s story is one of two distinct chapters. In the early ‘80s, they infused the emergent synth-pop scene with oblique lyrics, wry British humour and occasionally tabla-tinged sonics, an unlikely mix which saw them soar into the Top 10 with singles such as Living On The Ceiling, Blind Vision and Don’t Tell Me.
And since 2011’s Blanc Burn album, they’ve taken that singular style into a new century and somehow become more prolific than ever. Now Blancmange brings all – well, 38 to be precise – of these highlights together with the career-spanning collection Everything Is Connected, released on London Records on 11th May 2024.
In this interview, Neil Arthur discusses the career-spanning collection Everything Is Connected, his love for Abba getting stopped by the police on his way to Top of the Pops and lots more. Listen to episode #176 of The XS Noize Podcast with Neil Arthur from Blancmange – BELOW:
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Neil Arthur will follow Everything Is Connected with a Blancmange headline tour, including a London show at the Islington Assembly Hall – tickets are available HERE. In inimitable Blancmange fashion, support comes from Neil himself in one of his many other collaborative projects, The Remainder, who Finlay Shakespeare and Liam Hutton complete.
‘EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED’ 2CD / DIGITAL TRACKLIST:
CD1
1. ‘Sad Day’ (original version)
2. ‘I’ve Seen The Word’
3. ‘God’s Kitchen’
4. ‘Feel Me’
5. ‘Living On The Ceiling’
6. ‘Waves’
7. ‘Game Above My Head’ (12” version)
8. ‘Blind Vision’
9. ‘That’s Love, That It Is’
10. ‘Vishnu’
11. ‘Don’t Tell Me’
12. ‘The Day Before You Came’
13. ‘What’s Your Problem’
14. ‘Lose Your Love’
15. ‘Why Don’t They Leave Things Alone’
16. ‘Drive Me’
17. ‘I’m Having A Coffee’
18. ‘The Western’
19. ‘Just Another Spectre’
CD2
1. ‘The Fall’
2. ‘Last Night (I Dreamt I Had A Job)’
3. ‘Jack Knife’
4. ‘What’s The Time?’
5. ‘We Are The Chemicals’
6. ‘Anna Dine’
7. ‘Distant Storm’
8. ‘I Smashed Your Phone’
9. ‘Not A Priority’
10. ‘Mindset’
11. ‘This Is Bliss’
12. ‘Clean Your House’
13. ‘Commercial Break’
14. ‘Some Times These’
15. ‘Reduced Voltage’
16. ‘Take Me’
17. ‘Again, I Wait For The World’
18. ‘Wish’
19. ‘Empty Street’
VINYL TRACKLIST:
Side One
1. ‘Living On The Ceiling’
2. ‘Waves’
3. ‘Blind Vision’
4. ‘Don’t Tell Me’
5. ‘The Day Before You Came’
Side Two
1. ‘What’s The Time?’
2. ‘Distant Storm’
3. ‘Mindset’
4. ‘Reduced Voltage’
5. ‘Some Times These’
TOUR DATES:
MAY
16th – Newcastle, Wylam Brewery
17th – Glasgow, St. Luke’s
18th – Birmingham, O2 Institute
23rd – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
24th – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
25th – Manchester, Academy 2
26th – Colchester, Arts Centre
31st – Bristol, Trinity
JUNE
1st – London, Islington Assembly Hall
2nd – Brighton, Old Market
3rd – Southampton, 1865
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