The Human League
Favourite lyrics reveal your attachment style – psychologists would have a field day with mine | Lauren O’Neill
Are you secure, anxious, or avoidant: songs we play repeatedly can be revealing. So what is it with me and Pulp’s Babies, asks Lauren O’Neill, a culture writer for Vice UK
Lauren O'Neill
22, Nov, 2022 @12:04 PM
‘I never worked in a cocktail bar’: How the Human League made Don’t You Want Me
‘Philip turned up to meet my parents fully made up, with red lipstick and high heels. My dad locked himself in the bedroom and refused to come out’
Interviews by Dave Simpson
13, Dec, 2021 @3:34 PM
The 100 greatest UK No 1s: No 7, The Human League – Don't You Want Me
Phil Oakey might have hated it, but his hook-laden hit about sexual power politics brought synth-pop in from the cold
Luke Turner
28, May, 2020 @8:00 AM
Sheffield's post-punk explosion: synths, steel and skinheads
In the late 70s, the city’s bands set out to create the sound of the future – while trying to avoid getting beaten up. Jarvis Cocker and other leading lights recall a revolutionary scene
Daniel Dylan Wray
12, Dec, 2019 @5:00 PM
New Year's Eve celebrations to go ahead despite Storm Dylan
Tens of thousands expected to join Edinburgh Hogmanay street party despite forecasts of high winds
Kevin Rawlinson
31, Dec, 2017 @2:25 PM
The Human League – 10 of the best
From a DIY debut that cost £3 to make, to the sleek pop perfection of Open Your Heart, here are 10 standout tracks from the Sheffield synth maestros
Ian Wade
03, Aug, 2016 @11:42 AM
The art on your sleeve: visual artists on album covers
The best record covers are often as much a part of the whole work as the songs themselves. We asked six artists to choose the designs that inspire them
Interviews by Kathryn Bromwich, Imogen Carter and Katie Forster
26, Jun, 2016 @10:00 AM
Martyn Ware's seaside soundscape: a feeling of calm in a manic world
The Human League co-founder releases his Sea Inside Us All project, an 82-minute recording of familiar sounds of the seaside
Steven Morris
21, Mar, 2016 @12:01 AM
Forget 1966, because 1981 was pop's year of revolution
While Jon Savage has been hailing the mid-60s, there’s a case to be made that we’re about to mark the 35th anniversary of pop’s greatest year
Bob Stanley
17, Dec, 2015 @5:12 PM
Shoot-'em-ups and crashing waves: Martyn Ware seeks that seaside sound
Former Human League star tells of his love for the sea as he takes his recorder around Brighton, part of project to capture the sounds of Britain’s coastline
Steven Morris
21, Jun, 2015 @11:01 PM
The Human League may jump back into the top 10 … thanks to Aberdeen FC
Facebook campaign by football fans could give the synth-pop band its first top-10 appearance since 1995
Tim Jonze
20, Mar, 2014 @4:58 PM
Martyn Ware of the Human League on the mindbending power of 3D sound
The Human League's Martyn Ware has used 3D sound to calm Brighton drunks. Now he's using it to explore Alzheimer's. Ben Beaumont-Thomas reports
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
04, Feb, 2014 @6:30 PM
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