Hourglass
Depeche Mode singer issues a Pro-Tooled set of dark rock grooves and electronic buzzing that, although lacking any element of surprise, finds his songwriting assured and competent.
Made with the assistance of a pair of auxiliary Depeche Mode members, Dave Gahan's second solo disc should find love from anyone who can recite from memory the albums after Songs Of Faith And Devotion. Everyone else will be indifferent. That doesn't mean it deserves to be ignored—two decades removed from his band's…
The Dave Gahan of 2007 is a million miles away from the fresh-faced shelf stacker of his youth, a man who technically has no right to be alive given the abuse he has inflicted upon himself. He is also a man who has struggled with image and identity – all…