Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Plus: check out an "extended mix" of album highlight "What Have We Done."

The veteran synthpop band's new album Punishment of Luxury is out September 1.

OMD drummer at Terminal 5 in July (more by Greg Cristman) Last month, we posted that OMD's drummer Malcolm Holmes suffered heat exhaustion in Toronto, which -- though he was doing well -- caused the band to cancel their remaining dates...

Synth pop vets Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark have been back at it for a few years now, released their second album of the new millennium, English Electric, this year, and just brought their tour in support of that album to NYC for a Terminal 5 show last night (7/17)...

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark have shared the first single from their forthcoming album, English Electric. "Metroland" is a sparkling piece of synthpop that is very OMD, but doesn't sound like they're trying to rewrite their old hits...

Diamond Rings , who was here back in December, will open for synthpop pioneers OMD on their forthcoming tour, which includes a stop in NYC on July 17 at Terminal 5...

As mentioned, synthpop veterans OMD are releasing English Electric on April 9. That's the cover art above which is definitely giving off some Architecture & Morality / Dazzle Ships vibes...

OMD @ T5, March 2011 (more by Chris La Putt) '80s synthpop pioneers OMD made a welcome return in 2010 with The History of Modern that found the band pretty much picking up where they left off in their John Hughes heyday, and a genuinely fun tour supporting it...

"You've gone back to friggin' guitar, bass and drums, how can that be the future? Bloody hell." That's Andy McCluskey, of the English synth-pop band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, circa 2000, reacting to the garage-rock bands that were suddenly all over...

OMD at Terminal 5 in March (more by Chris La Putt) Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, who reunited earlier this year to tour in support of 2010's reunion album History of Modern, are returning to North America this fall for another string of dates...