Soft Cell, the synth-pop duo made of vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist David Ball, had a huge anniversary on Sept. 5, celebrating 43 years since their cover of "Tainted Love" hit the No. 1 spot ...

Soft Cell released their first new song in 15 years in 2018, in conjunction with their “farewell” show, but we learned earlier this year that the iconic synthpop weren’t saying goodbye just yet. They ...

UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 01: Photo of Marc ALMOND and SOFT CELL; Marc Almond & Dave Ball (Photo by Fin Costello/Redferns) Forty years ago, U.K. synthpop duo Soft Cell released 1981’s song of the ...

When Soft Cell—the legendary British synthpop duo of singer Marc Almond and keyboardist David Ball—performed at London's O2 Arena in 2018, the event was initially billed as a farewell show for a group ...

Soft Cell—the UK synth-pop duo of Marc Almond and David Ball—are back. They have shared their first new song in 15 years. Listen to “Northern Lights” below. The track is taken from a new compilation ...

’80s synthpop standard-bearers Soft Cell are back with a new song and video for “Purple Zone,” which they recorded in collaboration with Pet Shop Boys. As you might have heard, Soft Cell are releasing ...

When Marc Almond and David Ball formed Soft Cell, shortly after meeting while studying at Leeds Polytechnic art school in the late ’70s, the duo also began recording a number of cover songs. There was ...

Some songs are able to stand the test of time. We know where we were when we first heard them, and some people have fond memories associated with the songs themselves. The 1980s were filled with ...

Stranger Things has been a crash course on ’80s culture for those too young to have lived through the decade themselves. For Marc Almond, whose band Soft Cell was the soundtrack to those exciting ...

1980s synth-pop duo Soft Cell will re-release their debut album, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, on October 20 through Mercury-EMI/UMR. The group is perhaps most known for their hit cover of “Tainted Love,” ...

Soft Cell ponder a relationship’s expiration date on their new single “Northern Lights,” the British duo’s first original song in 15 years. “When do you stop loving me? I’m guessing not that recently, ...