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IMPOSTER from DAVE GAHAN & SOULSAVERS brims with heartfelt covers

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Dave Gahan - credit Spencer Ostrander
Dave Gahan - credit Spencer Ostrander
Dave Gahan & Soulsavers - Imposter
Dave Gahan & Soulsavers – Imposter

DAVE GAHAN & SOULSAVERS

Imposter (Columbia)

Dave Gahan & Rich ‘Soulsavers’ Machin (better known as just Dave Gahan & Soulsavers) recorded Imposter in 2019 at producer Rick Rubin’s paradisal Malibu recording studio Shangri-La. Afflicted by burnout after a long tour with Depeche Mode, making a covers album was a way for Gahan to dip a toe back in the water. The duo has chosen 12 songs to cover, the selections not always obvious: Bob Dylan’s Not Dark Yet from Time Out Of Mind, or PJ Harvey’s The Desperate Kingdom Of Love from Uh Huh Her.

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Conversely, an astonishing cover of Always On My Mind is far more tender and emotionally charged than previous interpretations of the same track and quite possibly the best yet. As a whole, Dave Gahan & Soulsavers‘ Imposter works incredibly well as a complete piece of work, taking the listener on a journey from sin to guilt to redemption with each track brimming with heart and soul.

words DAVID NOBAKHT

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Noel is the listings, reviews, music and books editor at Buzz and has been doing some or all of these things here since the days of dial-up internet. He was raised in Cornwall, lives in Cardiff and that is more or less all he has ever known.
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