Depeche Mode 12th Studio Album

In August 2007, during support for Dave Gahan's second solo album, Hourglass, it was declared that Depeche Mode were heading back in studio in early 2008 to work on their forthcoming twelfth studio album.
In May 2008, the band smack the studio to work on some songs that Martin Gore had been working on at his home studio in Santa Barbara, California (USA). The songs are in pre-production stage, and Depeche Mode are working with Ben Hillier as producer.
In August 2008, it was declared that Depeche Mode were splitting from their long-term US label, Warner Music, and will be signed to EMI Music worldwide. Their new, as of yet untitled, album will be launched internationally on April 20, 2009 and in the U.S. on April 21, 2009.

Depeche Mode Short Introduction

Perhaps the typical '80s electro pop band, Depeche Mode - the name was encouraged by a French fashion magazine - parlayed a charm with synthesizers into huge success on the British charts (where all its albums went Top 10) and ultimately on the U.S. pop chart. Whereas a more traditional four-piece rock band might feature three members playing instruments and the fourth singing and possibly playing guitar or bass, the lineup of this British group was thus described in a 1993 press release: "Dave (Gahan) is the singer, Martin (Gore) the songwriter, Alan (Wilder) the musician, and Andrew (Fletcher) the coordinator.” Though Depeche Mode’s stark, synthetic sound and often moody, provocative lyrics buck classic pop convention, the hooks that distinguish its most popular songs are among postmodern rock’s most ingratiating