COULD OMD BE WAVING GOODBYE ON THE BAUHAUS STAIRCASE?
OMD have announced their first studio album in six years – and hinted that it may well be their final musical statement.
Released on 27 October, Bauhaus Staircase will be the long-awaited follow-up to 2017’s hit LP The Punishment Of Luxury.
Promotion for the new album kicked off via an animated video of its title track, a nod to frontman Andy McCluskey’s love of the Bauhaus era and protest art. “I’m a huge lover of visual arts, especially mid-20th century movements,” explains Andy. “The song is a metaphor for strength and artist passion in the face of criticism and adversity. When times are hard, there is a tendency for Governments to look at cutting funding for creativity, just at the moment when the arts are most needed to nourish our souls. It seems appropriate that the song and its eponymous album were created during Covid lockdown.”