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Debbie Ball

@debbieball.bsky.social

Design features doctoral researcher currently in social media rehab. Eternal music fan. Data and Society lecturer at University of Westminster. Music pr at Create Spark, representing Big Joanie, Andy Bell (Ride), Soft Cell & more.

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Debbie Ball@debbieball.bsky.social · last mo.

Happy launch day for episode 1 of @2004pod.bsky.social ✨ Do give it a listen wherever you get your podcasts!

2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke@2004pod.bsky.social · last mo.

Episode 1 of 2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke opens backstage at an MTV taping in Times Square, where Death Cab for Cutie are uncomfortably sandwiched between Nickelback and Sarah Silverman. At one point, someone asks if Jeremy Piven can sit in on drums. Obviously, the band said no.

Duncan Seaman@duncanseamanyp.bsky.social · last mo.

"It was a great adventure that we went on" - Marc Almond talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk about the sixth and final album by Soft Cell www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

Marc Almond of Soft Cell: 'I felt sad that Dave Ball wasn’t around to enjoy this record'

Theirs is a story that began in Leeds in 1977 and would go on to encompass millions of record sales, one of the best-known singles of the 1980s, and surprise second and third acts.

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The New York Times@nytimes.com · last mo.

Soft Cell, the synth-pop duo comprised of Marc Almond and Dave Ball, is releasing their final album, “Danceteria,” nearly a year after Ball's death. The album retreats into the grit and joy of downtown New York in the 1980s. Read the interview.

Soft Cell Finds an Ending Back Where It All Began

On “Danceteria,” releasing nearly a year after Dave Ball’s death, the synth-pop duo retreats into the grit and joy of downtown New York in the 1980s.

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Patrick Clarke@paddyclarke.bsky.social · 2mo ago

BEDSIT LAND REDUX I had a long chat with the gent Marc Almond to discuss the end of Soft Cell. Includes a definitive answer on whether or not his pet boa constrictor really did escape into the sewers of London, AND MORE

The Quietus@thequietus.com · 2mo ago

Marc Almond meets Patrick Clarke in Soho to discuss the death of Dave Ball, the final Soft Cell album Danceteria, his career as a shapeshifter, and why a tribute to the decadence of 80s New York marks a full circle moment Adapt or Don’t: #MarcAlmond Interviewed buff.ly/aVuB1oa

Dave Ball and Marc Almond, colour photograph by Mike Owen.
The Quietus@thequietus.com · 2mo ago

Marc Almond meets Patrick Clarke in Soho to discuss the death of Dave Ball, the final Soft Cell album Danceteria, his career as a shapeshifter, and why a tribute to the decadence of 80s New York marks a full circle moment Adapt or Don’t: #MarcAlmond Interviewed buff.ly/aVuB1oa

Dave Ball and Marc Almond, colour photograph by Mike Owen.
Stereogum@stereogum.com · 3mo ago

"This one's not that deep," David Best says of @fujiyaandmiyagi.bsky.social's 'New Shiny Object' lead single. "Its main aim is to make people dance which I think is as valid reason as any other for a song to exist." Hear "Lowest Common Denominator":

Fujiya & Miyagi Announce New Album 'New Shiny Object': Hear "Lowest Common Denominator"

Fujiya & Miyagi are back to make people dance. The British band’s most recent album was 2022’s Sight Variations, and now they’re announcing its followup. New Shiny Object arrives this fall, and the le...

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THE LINE of BEST FIT@thelineofbestfit.com · 5mo ago

Soft Cell announce Danceteria, their sixth and final album, and unveil title track "Danceteria". The album is described as both a love letter to 80s New York and a tribute to late multi-instrumentalist and producer Dave Bell.

"There can be no more recordings of Soft Cell without Dave, it would not be possible": Soft Cell announce final album, Danceteria

Soft Cell have revealed the details of their upcoming sixth album Danceteria, a love letter to 80s New York and tribute to the late multi-instrumentalist and producer Dave Bell, and released the…

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