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My local public radio station is playing tracks from the new album "instead" by a band called Onetwo.

Andy Humphries from OMD, the singer from Propoganda (her name escapes me) and some involvement from Martin Gore as well, I believe.

More importantly, the tracks I've heard are really current-sounding and good!! Before I knew who was involved, I thought I was listening to some hip new trendy band.

OneTwo is great! The singer's name is Claudia Brucken. I love the track "Signals" from the first EP. I actually had the chance to see Paul Humphries live with Brucken back in 2000, I believe. This was pre-OneTwo, so the songs were all OMD and a couple of Propaganda tunes. Very good show..my only complaint was they performed "If You Leave" twice (set and encore), which seemed a little cheesy (considering how much OMD material there is). Shame he didn't play any Listening Pool songs at that show. Still, great gig.

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Fantastic album that Instead. It would have been in my 2007 Top 10 if I hadn't just heard it. Lots of familiar favorite motifs but very very fresh still. Killer take on Pink Floyd's "Have a Cigar".