OMD

  Check out the latest news about OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark) releasing their new LP, Bauhaus Staircase. Over the past four decades — give or take a decade break — the illustrious and critically acclaimed Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD) have sold over 40 million records worldwide, establishing them as electronic synthesiser pioneers and one of Britain’s best-loved pop groups. Their 13 long players include benchmark-raising classics Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (1980), Organisation (1980), Architecture & Morality (1981), and Dazzle Ships (1983). OMD conquered the United States, and yielded the 1986 hit, “If You Leave” from the Pretty In Pink Soundtrack. They have also achieved 12 top 20 hits on the UK Singles Chart, as well as three top 20 hits on the US Billboard Hot 100.   Following the celebration of their 40th anniversary last year, now, OMD returns with their first new studio album since 2017’s highly praised The Punishment Of Luxury, a record entitled Bauhaus Staircase, out today via White Noise (through The Orchard). Bauhaus Staircase — introduced this year with singles “Bauhaus Staircase,” “Slow Train,” and “Veruschka” — is regarded as OMD’s most explicitly political record and the crowning achievement of their desire to be both Stockhausen and Abba – [Read More]