For me it always comes down to what is a good song and I'm very old fashioned in the way that I like to make songs that have something classic about them whether you can play them with an orchestra or an electro synthesizer or an acoustic guitar.

Almond left EMI Records. Almond has stated this will possibly be his last fully self-penned album. Hegarty sang "My Little Book of Sorrows" with Almond.

Almond first began performing and recording in the synthpop/New Wave duo Soft Cell. He has sold over 30 million records worldwide. Peter Mark Sinclair "Marc" Almond (/ˈɑːmənd/; born 9 July 1957 Southport) is an English singer-songwriter and musician.