Depeche Mode recently sat down with CBS Sunday Morning and talked about their latest album ‘Memento Mori.’ During the interview, Martin Gore had trouble talking about his late bandmate Andy Fletcher. He expressed:

“I didn’t realize that maybe before we went into this promo trip that how heavy that would be to be asked about that over and over again.”

Martin had shared during a press conference in Berlin last fall that Fletcher was a part of the album naming process before he passed away. The musician even mentioned how they decided to interpret the meaning of the album by explaining:

“One important thing is that all the songs and even the album title were decided before Andy passed. The album title is ‘Memento Mori,’ which you know means remember you will die, you must die, and it sounds very morbid, but you can look at it positively as well. Live each day to the max. I think that is how we like to interpret it too.”

Even though they try to look at the meaning of the album in a different light, Gore revealed to CBS that the name wasn’t intentional and it just fell into place. He recalled:

“When I first started writing songs for this album, I wouldn’t have had the idea of calling the album ‘Memento Mori’ and maybe have some of the songs dealing with death. It just kind of happened like that. Sometimes you wonder if you tap into something.”

You can watch Depeche Mode’s interview with CBS Sunday Morning and listen to ‘Memento Mori’ below.

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Depeche Mode producer James Ellis Ford, who put his spin on the band’s latest album ‘Memento Mori,’ opened up to NME about Dave Gahan and Martin Gore‘s relationship that flipped after Andy Fletcher‘s passing. He recalled:

“My favorite memory was working on the last record [2023’s ‘Memento Mori’], which was weird to make because we’d all signed on and heard the demos, and unfortunately, Andy Fletcher [keyboardist] passed away unexpectedly, which was a big shock for everyone involved. I wasn’t expecting the record to happen, but Martin [Gore] and Dave [Gahan] thought the best thing to do was to carry on making the record.”

Martin and Dave realized that they would never fully be over ‘Fletcher’s passing from an aortic dissection and needed to mend their relationship to finish the album in honor of their late friend. Ford added:

“It was a very bittersweet, interesting experience in the light of a brush with mortality. Martin and Dave were repairing their often-fractious relationship, and it felt like long-lost brothers. They were catching up and reminiscing and talking directly to each other – they even wrote a song together.”

Speaking to MOJO back when they were promoting their new album, Dave shared that Fletcher was almost like a mediator between him and Martin and his passing was a wake-up moment to make amends. He shared:

“I think Fletch’s presence forced Martin and I, too, maybe this is the wrong word, but compete, and it created a certain atmosphere of being a bit spiky. So Martin and I have had to find a different way. We had to find a way of communicating, becoming friends.”

You can read the interview here. You can listen to ‘Memento Mori’ below.

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