Pet Shop Boys, Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Pet Shop Boys Go Indie For New Music

by Roger Wink, VVN Music on May 1, 2013

The Pet Shop Boys will release their twelfth studio album (and second within a year), Electric, on July 15/16 via their new label X2.

Pet Shop Boys, Photo By Ros O'Gorman

This one appears to be a change from the introspective Elysium which came out last year. Neil and Chris said “Our latest album often evolves as a response to our previous album and, whereas ‘Elysium’ had a reflective mood, ‘Electric’ is pretty banging! And working with Stuart Price on a studio album is something we have wanted to do for a very long time.”

Electric contains nine tracks (the opener, Axis, is below), eight originals and a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s The Last to Die. British artist Example guests on the track Thursday.

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Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Electric, Pet Shop Boys, pop, UK, X2

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