À La Mode

I still haven't made up my mind whether I like Nouvelle Vague's cover of Enjoy The Silence by Depeche Mode. 

On paper, the pairing of Skye Edwards from Morcheeba and Larry Love from Alabama 3 is inspired and yet, after a few listens, it's just not doing it for me. The prospect of an entire album of covers - A Date With Depeche Mode - therefore doesn't immediately appeal.

However, it inevitably sent me down a rabbit hole of other Depeche Mode reinterpretations from the well-known and relatively obscure. 

If you can make it to the end without skipping, you're in for a treat: my online search uncovered the fabulously named Skapeche Mode, who cover the Basildon boys in a - you guessed it - ska style. 

From the live clip, it's definitely more about the entertainment value than the note perfect performance, but when the brass section are sporting angels wings and the lead singer is dressed as Mork from Ork, how can you not have a good time? 

Messrs. Gahan and Gore, take note.

1) Enjoy The Silence: Nouvelle Vague ft. Skye Edwards & Larry Love (2026)

2) I Feel You: Palm Skin Productions (2025)

3) Never Let Me Down Again: The Smashing Pumpkins (1994)

4) It's No Good: Dee Madden (2016)

5) Somebody: Veruca Salt (1998)

6) Stripped: Duncan Sheik (2020)

7) Just Can't Get Enough: The Wannadies (1995)

8) See You: Marsheaux (2015)

9) World In My Eyes: The Cure (1998)

10) People Are People: Skapeche Mode (2014)