![]() ![]() (Prince William residents, call 70.)ĭave Gahan's solo CD is more consistent than recent Depeche Mode outings. Paper Monsters is the first solo album by Dave Gahan released in Jby Mute Records in the United Kingdom and Reprise Records in North America. * To hear a free Sound Bite from Dave Gahan, call Post-Haste at 20 and press 8124. GAHAN, DAVE - Paper Monsters - Music CDs & Vinyl Pop Adult Alternative Buy new: 1259 5.55 delivery June 5 - 6. But when Gahan bleats about dropping to his knees and confesses that he's "not very nice," he's just ripping a page from Gore's blasphemous prayer book.Īppearing Sunday at the 9:30 club. And the 10 throbbingly morose songs crafted by Gahan and co-writer Knox Chandler (a freelance guitarist whose credits include DM's "Exciter") are more consistent than anything the singer's full-time band had managed in a decade. Inattentive Depeche Mode listeners may well assume that Dave Gahan's new album is the solo debut by the British band's principal songwriter. Of course, Gahan has a certain right to the abject outlook and minor-key electro-rock of such songs as "Dirty Sticky Floors" and "Black and Blue Again." He did sing all those bleak DM hits and experienced a well-publicized bottoming out that makes the bluesy anguish of "Bottle Living" seem more than an affectation. DAVE GAHAN 'Paper Monsters' Reprise/Mute. ![]() In fact, Gahan was never the band's composer, and "Paper Monsters" pays tribute - perhaps unwittingly - to longtime DM tunesmith Martin Gore. His solo albums include Paper Monsters (2003) and Hourglass (2007). About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright. Paper Monsters is the first solo album by Dave Gahan released in Jby Mute Records in the United Kingdom and Reprise Records in North America. After all, "Paper Monsters" sounds a lot like the music the venerable yet somehow still callow synth-pop combo has made since founding member Vince Clarke departed in 1981, and especially since the group boldly (yawn) added guitars in 1990. ![]()
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