Waiting For The Sirens' Call

Performer: New Order (UK)
Artist: Ana Matronic
Engineer: Bruno Ellingham; Cenzo Townshend
Producer: Stephen Street; John Leckie; New Order; Mac Quayle; Jim Spencer; Stuart Price; Stephen Street; John Leckie; New Order; Jim Spencer; Stuart Price
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: New Order (UK): Bernard Sumner (vocals, guitar); Phil Cunningham (guitar); Peter Hook (bass instrument); Stephen Morris (drums). Personnel: Beatrice Hatherley, Dawn Zee (vocals); Mac Quayle (keyboards, programming). Additional personnel: Dawn Zee, Beatrice Hatherley (vocals); Mac Quayle, Ana Matronic. Audio Mixers: Stephen Street; John Leckie; Mac Quayle; Rich Costey; Cenzo Townshend. Photographers: Anna Blessman; Peter Saville. On New Order's eighth studio album, WAITING FOR THE SIRENS' CALL, guitarist Phil Cunningham--who previously worked with vocalist Bernard Sumner in Electronic--replaces longtime keyboardist Gillian Gilbert. Though hordes of young sound-alikes surfaced between 2001's guest-speckled "comeback," GET READY, and this 2005 release, longtime fans will be pleased to know that these pioneers still sound like nobody but themselves. New Order's trademark fusion of guitars and synths remains the gold standard for pop/dance/rock crossover, and Peter Hook's patented bass sound once again provides the strong foundation on which the band constructs its melodies. Sonically, this sturdy batch of compositions would fit in nicely between 1986's BROTHERHOOD and 1989's TECHNIQUE. "Krafty" is an obvious nod to Kraftwerk, while the synth bed on the chorus of the title track resembles their own "Your Silent Face" from 1983, and is a shoo-in for inclusion on their next, inevitable singles collection.

Rolling Stone (p.74) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Bernard Sumner still sings and strums with his boyish air of distractable pique...His secret is his sincerity....Every song is great..." Entertainment Weekly (No. 817/818, p.147) - "[T]he pioneering new-wavers' intricate mix...still feels novel--even downright fresh--25 years later..." - Grade: B+ Uncut (p.105) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[A]n emotional, rather than a sonic, sequel to TECHNIQUE....The most affecting songs here are about second chances, reaffirming commitments and the terrible seduction of straying."

Born in the early 1980s out of the ashes of U.K. post-punk pioneers Joy Division, New Order became one of the first electro-pop bands to find mainstream success in the US. Their single "Blue Monday" was a landmark in dance music, and subsequent recordings achieved a perfect balance between technology and pop songcraft. They were a standard choice of club DJs through the '80s & '90s and even snuck onto the pop charts occasionally with catchy hits like "True Faith" and "Regret." Leader Bernard Sumner sporadically records with Johnny Marr as Electronic, and occasionally reconvenes the famed quartet.

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