Their 14th studio album was born from the impetus to kickstart new explorations during lockdown when, as andy mccluskey admits: “I rediscovered the creative power of total boredom”.

Ranging further from the beautiful film noir ballad of ‘Veruschka’ and the dance stylings of ‘Anthropocene’ - A term for the current epoch in earth’s evolution to the sinister ‘Evolution Of Species’ and the hectic ‘Kleptocracy’ - OMD’s greatest straight-up protest song - this album is a broad electronic sonic masterpiece that lyrically tackles the topics of the future.

The record closes on ‘healing’ - a moment of reflective calm. By rights omd should be in semi-retirement performing classics like Enola Gay and Maid Of Orleans on the nostalgia festival circuit like so many peers. Instead they’ve created a landmark album worthy of their finest work. 'Bauhaus Staricase' remains unmistakably the work of a duo who are still perfectly in sync 45 years after their first gig at legendary liverpool club eric’s.

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