Hearts and Knives is an upcoming album by the British pop group Visage. It is the band’s fourth album, and their first in 29 years. In January 2013, Visage announced their new line-up to consist of Steve Strange and Steve Barnacle (who had worked with the band in the 1980s), along with Robin Simon (former guitarist in Ultravox from 1978-1979) and Lauren Duvall on vocals. Steve Strange has also confirmed that former Visage member Dave Formula, and former Simple Minds keyboardist Mick MacNeil have also contributed to the album. In a 2012 interview on the chat show Loose Women, he also stated that former bandmembers Midge Ure and Rusty Egan had also contributed to one track. The mask and make-up seen on the front cover were created by Lara Himpelmann, and the cover shot was taken by photographer Peter Ashworth, who was responsible for the cover of Visage’s debut album in 1980. The new logo and graphics have been designed by The Nick Foot Studio. A single, “Shameless Fashion”, is to be released as a digital download in April 2013.
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