Andy Bell - Releases new solo Album!

January 14th 2016

Release

Erasure frontman releases his sixth solo album!!!

Erasure’s Andy Bell has announced the release of his sixth solo album ‘Torsten, the beautiful Libertine’ on the 4th of March 2016 through Cherry Red Records. 'Torsten, the beautiful Libertine' is the follow up to 2014’s groundbreaking and critically acclaimed album and Edinburgh Fringe Show ‘Torsten, the bareback Saint.’

"Torsten seems to me like a dream that has come true. I was told the piece was especially written with me in mind and I really believe that!, So many aspects of the various songs resonate with parts of my life so I know I was there / am here. There is a melancholic beauty held within the songs and I think I've had enough heartache and painful soul searching to do them justice but have managed to retain a certain na? vet? in spite of these experiences. Torsten bears witness to these scars." - Andy Bell (Erasure)

The character Torsten is described as a “Polysexual semi immortal”. Over time, he has had many lovers and friends who ultimately he has outlived. That he himself survives is a bittersweet truth, but it is with an increasingly melancholic emotional distance from people. The album is a wonderfully evocative exposition of the mind, mirth and mania of an ‘everyman’ who finds himself in extraordinary circumstances. The songs effortlessly combine pop and theatricality in their lush arrangements and Andy’s voice has never been so dramatically expressive.

“I love my Torsten ... Even more now that he is becoming slightly unhinged.... Unraveling before our very eyes! I don't believe that his spirit will ever be broken though; for all his lives and lovers and losses, the songs from the ‘Torsten, the Beautiful Libertine’ have a healing quality and a deep resonance that make you realise that he is putting everything into perspective and coping...just!” - Andy Bell (Erasure)

Following the album’s release, songs from both Torsten albums will feature in the musical stage show 'Torsten, the beautiful Libertine' starring Andy Bell, Peter Straker and Lana Pillay at the Above The Stag Theatre in Vauxhall, London from the 2nd to the 27th of March 2016.

Andy Bell rose to fame in the mid 80's as the lead singer of famed Synth-Pop duo Erasure with Vince Clarke (Depeche Mode, Yazoo). They are currently in their 30th Anniversary year and have, to date, sold over twenty million albums Worldwide... five of which were No.1 in the UK. Erasure have also had seventeen top ten UK singles. Personally, Andy Bell took part in several charity recordings... many supporting Aids related projects, and sang the role of Montresor in the opera 'The Fall of the house of Usher' in 1991.

He released his first solo album 'Electric Blue' in 2005, followed by a second 'Non-Stop' in 2010. A collaboration with dance duo Shelter resulted in the album ‘iPop’ being released in 2014. Andy was also one of the headline acts of the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival in 2014 with his critically acclaimed one man show.
'Torsten, the bareback Saint’. Flamboyant Dance / Pop icon Andy Bell is openly gay and publicly announced being HIV positive in 1998.

'Torsten, the beautiful Libertine' tracklisting Below:
01 Statement of Intent
02 Beautiful Libertine
03 Loitering with Intent
04 This town needs Jesus
05 The Slums we Loved
06 Lady Domina Bizarre
07 (Oooh Baby, You're So) Queercore! (with Lana Pillay)
08 BJ4C
09 I'm your Lover
10 Rupert drinks Vodka
11 We were singing along to Liza
12 Photos of Daniel
13 I am the boy who smiled at You
14 Bond street Catalogues
15 My precious One
16 To have and to Hold
17 Statement of Intent (Reprise)

For Pre-sale please click on this link: http://shop.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=5299

The release date for 'Torsten, the beautiful Libertine' is Friday the 4th of March 2016, and th album is available as CD and Download: Catalogue Number: SFE045

Tickets for 'Torsten, the beautiful Libertine' which runs from March the 2nd to the 27th at the Stag Theatre, London are available by clicking on this link:
www.abovethestag.com/whatson/torsten-the-beautiful-libertine

Check Out! the Video for 'My precious One' Below...