OMD - Bauhaus Staircase

Released 27th October 2023

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD) return with their 14th studio album Bauhaus Staircase, over six years after the triumph of their Top 4-charting record The Punishment of Luxury. The 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.

The albums first offering as a single is the title trackwhich serves as a nod both to Andy McCluskeys love of the Bauhaus era & the power of protest art. I am a huge lover of visual arts especially mid 20th century movements Andy comments. The song is a metaphor for strength and artist passion in the face of criticism and adversity. When times are hard there is a tendency for Governments to look at cutting funding for creativity just at the moment when the arts are most needed to nourish our souls. It seems appropriate that the song and its epony