Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

English Electric, the second new album by O.M.D. since their reformation starts with a warning that the anticipated future has been cancelled; possibly prophetic, a wild but reasonable claim and somehow justified by the pairing of Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys in this demure and laidback recording.

In recent years some of their cohorts from the 1980s electronic music bonanza that swept through the decade like a broom demolishing the last vestiges of punk and trying to clear a suitable path against the resurgence of 80s Progressive and Heavy Rock/Metal, have once more released albums that have sounded fresh and interesting. Bands such as Blancmange and Human League have created a stir and O.M.D. has joined in once again.