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Patrick Clarke is a music journalist and live DJ. He is the deputy editor of the Quietus and a freelance contributor to the Guardian, NME, DIY Magazine and many more.
‘A fascinating psychogeographic exploration of Soft Cell and the worlds that spawned them: Leeds, Soho, New York and the northwest seaside resorts where Almond and Ball grew up. Clarke’s expert sifting of witness testimony captures the soul inside the eighties’ most brilliantly subversive duo.’ Cathi Unsworth, author of Season of the Witch: The Book of Goth ‘Patrick Clarke paints a vivid picture of the careening brilliance of Soft Cell, showing how from the beginning the band's mainstream pop success was rooted in a career-threatening embrace of all things unpalatable and underground. Read this book as an antidote to the gentrified music industry of today!’ Gavin Butt, author of No Machos or Pop Stars: When the Leeds Art Experiment Went Punk 'A fascinating and energetic dive into the seedy chaos of Soft Cell's short early life, with fresh interviews and insight emphasising how the duo connected the avant-garde and mainstream of both early 1980s England and New York.' Luke Turner, author of Out of the Woods: Nature, Sexuality, and Faith in the Forest -- .
