Pitchfork

On a still-to-be-determined date in late October, Mute Records will issue Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan's own personal solo album, Hourglass. Written and produced with the help of Depeche Mode touring bandmembers Christian Eigner and Andrew Phillpott, the album was recorded at Gahan's own 11th Floor Studios in New York.

Hourglass is the follow-up to Gahan's 2003 solo debut Paper Monsters, and it will be mixed by Tony Hoffer (Belle & Sebastian, Beck, Air). The album will feature the songs "Saw Something", "Use You", "Endless", "21 Days," "A Little Lie", "Deeper and Deeper", "Love Will Leave", "Down", "Miracles", "Tomorrow", and "Kingdom", though a tracklist has not been confirmed yet.

As for Depeche Mode, they've been busy during their current break prepping a number of reissues and practicing their "menacing" faces in the mirror.