New Wave

New wave act from Orange County, California. Founded in 1979 by John Crawford, Jo Julian and Terri Nunn.
Known for the 1986 Giorgio Moroder-produced hit "Take My Breath Away" (from the Top Gun movie soundtrack), as well as earlier songs such as "The Metro", "Sex (I'm A...)" and "No More Words".
Officially disbanded in 1987. In May, 2019, Terri Nunn announced that she and co-founders John Crawford and David Diamond would be reuniting


1. LP
Solid release from Berlin. At the time, the New Wave scene was just taking off, with bands like The Psychedelic Furs and artists like Gary Numan and Depeche Mode not having contributed to the scene yet. As a result, this is more Synthpop-oriented, even perhaps Krautrock-esque and less developed as a New Wave release.
Many of the songs on this have a robotic tonality to the vocals, and repetition on the synth lines heavily reminiscent of Kraftwerk. Some songs like “Middle Class Suicide” and “Talk Talk Video” have a tinge of carnival to them, whereas songs like “Information” and “City Lights” have a darker and more serious undertone to them.

Mind Control 3:09
Moderne Welt 3:54
Overload 4:17
City Lights 4:38
Information 4:30
Talk Talk Video 3:25
Fascination 4:00
A Matter Of Time 4:09
Middle Class Suicide 3:20
Uncle Sam 3:45

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