As 91's 'Chorus' album headed for the top of the charts they took the live show to an extreme of absurdism. The First Twenty' singles collection went to number one in 92. The 'I Say I Say I Say' spawned the top ten single 'Run To The Sun' in 94 but amidst a guitar band dominated climate Vince and Andy veered off into the darker experimental terrain of 95's 'Erasure' which placated their 'serious' side but slightly scared radio programmers. We're quite normal, actually, but we're not perceived as being normal. The normal thing for a band of their lineage would have been arguments, time away and a sorry comeback tour.
Erasure are too stubborn and too eccentric for any of that.
They still love each other. Their love for pop is constant. Andy Bell's been getting down with Aqua and tapping his heel to flamenco. Clarke's been inspired by Mercury Rev, doing film scores and 'pseudo retro soul funk' as Family Fantastic. Their chemistry is as active as ever.