Depeche Mode announces the release of their long-anticipated new studio album, Sounds Of The Universe on April 21, 2009!!

The release also marks a reunion between the band and producer Ben Hillier (Blur, Doves, Elbow), who worked with band to help give their new album its timeless sound. This album is there most diverse album yet. The band returned to using a lot of vintage gear from analogue synthesizers to drum machines, in order to conjure up the retro-futuristic arrangements featured on the album Lyrically the release contains many of the group's enduring obsessions plus more overt black humor than any of their previous collections.