o The re invention /'v it fxissthlr In irnnent your sound after making musn for mart than I ? years? Deftecht' Sloth may haw- managed In do fust that on its 10th allnun, Son^s of Faith .md Devotion. \\< ncvri i rails want i<> irjK-.ii oursc-hrs.'' v.»\> 1 sc u 111 <i kr\*M>aidisi Andtrw Me it hrt “VVr s%< i* si n * ohm hhii ih.it ihc* l.i\l .ilhiim was Mi< h .i mic c rss I his .ilhuiii is nme h IcHiM-i and n !«-jiiogiammrel l- svnhalls . S*mg\ in kind of a imd hie music al c iims h*i Dr Mode |list a few srais ago. the IViKish foursome* gra* rd nris irrn maga/me- c o\n on the nrwsNtanel Km die- new ♦ songs* airltills lake- ap.ii! (hr com rpl of Ih j* e hr .n mrir kun^|>o|) pinups I nun (hr harsh shucking sound on (hr ojM-ning «»l “I Keel You," tin group is (riling its andirmr it's iimr to svakr up \M»ilr a srvrrr t all to amis in nn rs v»n aliri a (hire* sc ai hiatiiN. V/ng> also turn! 1* mtriptrt <•<1 .in a (Iansloiillation for (hr group \N ith iIn full iiiumc al NjK*c hum vHirid. (1»in album in (hr antiihrMN ot (hr svnth |k >p Ik-.iIn that lii n! gas*- ihr hand n«»(t»iiris “Who wr apjM-al to mh|>iim-n un l U n hri n.isn rn rath on ill oiif c air* i wr did a lot of Irrn maga/mrs We svaniril to aim lot a j».u lie ulai utidienc r V *w. wr in not to aim al ans atidirm r Wr makr must* ten ouisrhcN ami whiH'sri hk«-N ii. 11k< n ti I ha( music has metamorphosed. and I >< jk c hr M«*i* is hoping (hr audicu* * who like s u mas we ll has* donr ihr vtlll*- Songs inai ks ihr til si umr dial I lr(» he i le ad st h alisl 1 )as it I (..than, sniigwniri Marlin More and keyboardist Man W ildri hasr woi k**d ssilh oulNidr nuiMt lam “< )m |>kkIuc ri, McmkI i 1 1\ Nm* Inc h Veils 1. me nut agrd us Iti * hange- all of our mlrs about sounds and msiiu iiirnts." Uric hri viss "Hr * cuts me rd us to uv sumgs and gc»n|m I smgri s " “We make music for ourselves and whoever likes it, likes it." |- Jell liei sass l he «.«if»al"ass has lieeti hesitant lu .ill. m olhri parti* ipant* to rillri HsMii.illiii.lt "Mjilill ».» sets against the- ulra." lie sass "He a l\s ass Cell that esc is s. mini sin mill Ik punlm e<t I is us tu it u null lit t In- v mil til I iliiuk thnse (i.inside* | iiilliiem es plas kes loles un this allium * I lie Hnttsli group, sshose lust alhiilli "as teleasetl in 1981, is among the most intlueiiti.il in the atetia ol elei By Rob Hooper, Univerrtty Timm, California State U., Los Angeles Uoiik-based mmit It was not until "IVrsonal Jesus." a dame tratk limn Variator, that Depet he even began to ttuoipotale guitars into it' songs “I keel \ou." the tilnI single liotn Vmgx, u Iu n heasib on wathmg guitar nils to ian\ its aggressive sound *Il s not verv ie|>iesentalive ot the irM o| the* album," Kleti fin adds 1 h< song, in tail, seems iiuonststrtit among the mem go-round ot mood swings evident on the remaining nine Hat ks It i\ also the onb t ommeii lalh at t essible t ut on the new album “I dunk thete’s a lot that glows on you on tins album." Ftetc hei savs “It takes tune It's not an instant album " S« tine standard I >e|»ei he mgi edtenis do exist on the new album 1 he musit , at titties, leases the listener with a let*l tng ot ini|K’nding doom rnuc h like l(.WVs HLuk (sUbnitum, A new sound Is bom with Faith and Devotion To say that Songs of Fadti and DnoOon it a new begin ning tot Depeche Mode would be 10 downplay the quality at its last few albums. This new effort matches 1990‘s Violator in production quality but surpasses it with a senes of lyrical punches. The major themes here deal with sex and religion, eMch are not new to lyricist Martin Gore Those topics find their way into almost aH ot his songs. Where Songs differs horn other Depeche projects is in Gore's newly found succinct writing style. From the hopalesi devotion and uncertainly of "In Yow Room* to the positive redemption of *Get Right With Me.” Gore loaves you craving more songs. Be warned, though, because the lint single. *1 Fail You,* is nothing like the rest of the album. Its test pace and heavy guitar nra Dw no rwamwanci to me mooomvss or tn« nma otnar tracas Although the group has been cfMdaeiHn the past tor its gloomy approach, this afcum contains many positive lyrics camouflaged by suhan instrumenUHon. Ha Hi didory at lint ands up sounding so natural and aNortlaos. This album may not grab you instantly; its hook is found Songs lilt- "Mighrt Move" anti (lit- gov|>el-llavorrd 'Met Kiglu \\ uh Me" i umn a positive outlook not tvpit al ol l xitr s t illrn mot> >m- wot Id nm Hrli lift saw Sungs iciiirviili Ixitli a lxivin.il and pm trvvh n 1.11 > oming-t if age lot dir grunp\ mrmfx-rv I It' and (»oir Iwitli bn amr fathriv while tlie album wat being mottled W ildei who oversees the piodut lion asprt Is with HimmI. levied the use ot live dr ums on main oi (be viii^s “He's Ix-rn uoi king out latch lx-t ausr lie hasn't tliummed m years," Men liei savswuh a laugh l-or Malian, dm wot k shows uses an ext cplinn.il amount ol total gmwih "Dave went lliiough Ircmendouv emo tional liauniav," Melt bet says "lilt big telease wav deft nitelv ill lough the vix alv on dm album Wheieav Ix-loie he wav |x-iba|)v a bn la/v. be teallv a|)|>bed bimvell dm lime Me |>ul a lot more emotion into hiv voice and iv vinging (x-ihaps the hrvt hr'scvri vungbefoie Whetbei oi not dm album at hieves the commercial sue - tevv ol die lavl. ilv breadth of t hangr vliould apjx’al lo die tollege audient e dial I lav long vupfxirted the gtnup Stings aclheicv lo die l)t-|K-t hr formula toi lelravmg onh tpiahn material And the gioup iv looking forward to a lengthy world lour lo vhowtave dial qualm. Beginning in I'.uropr dm vtimmer and arriving m die l ruled Statev In dir tail, (he vliow will make uve ol die guitars, live drumv and govprl voundv heard chi the new album. " rherr'v a vjx-t ul atmosphere created m a live veiling," lit- vaw "I don't know if n's juvi because out music icnilv lo tranvlci well lo a live situalion or not. You'd dunk that it would not. Peojile arr vo uvetl lo veeing the same type of fund on viagr VVe just Itxik a fill different. I guess." Mr adds with a laugh, "This time wr want to Itxik just like a standard rock hand." Q