The Singles: Keychains & Snowstorms CD

Earlier this year, Marc Almond and Dave Ball shocked fans by announcing that they would be reforming Soft Cell for a second time. There was more good news, too: the legendary, Leeds-based electro-pop pair had recorded a couple of new singles, "Northern Lights" and "Guilty (Coz I Say You Are)". Those new cuts take pride of place on "The Singles: Keychains & Snowstorms", an entertaining - if not entirely exhaustive - trawl through their most famous songs. The compilation offers a handy reminder of just how good they were in their pomp, when they delivered such dark, Mascara-clad classics as "Memorabilia", "Bedsitter", the poignant "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" and, of course, their synth-pop era update of Northern Soul anthem "Tainted Love".