Just in time for Halloween...
24 · 09 · 2025
Soft Cell is set to release their fan-favorite track ‘Martin’ as a full single this Halloween.
This song is featured in the super deluxe 6CD box set reissue of their classic 1983 album ‘The Art Of Falling Apart,’ which will be available on October 31st through Universal Music.
In addition to revisiting their archives, Soft Cell has also compiled some new content, including Dave Ball’s ‘Hallowe’en Dub of Doom’ mix, which will be part of the single release.
With a rich history behind it, Dave Ball from Soft Cell shares his thoughts on ‘Martin’…
“‘Martin’ was created in the arts studio at Leeds Polytechnic, as it was then called. We wrote and recorded it simultaneously with ‘The Art of Falling Apart.’ After leaving art school, the pop phenomenon of Soft Cell began, and those two tracks were put aside. Suddenly, Phonogram Records requested a second album. Unsure of our direction or concept, I reminded Marc of those two tracks from art school and suggested that ‘The Art of Falling Apart’ would make a fantastic album title, to which he agreed…”
Stay tuned.
‘Martin’ will be available digitally and as a limited 12" vinyl on October 31st.
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Soft Cell will release a full single version of their fan-favourite track 'Martin' this Hallowe'en. This song is featured in the super deluxe 6CD boxset reissue.