Pet Shop Boys synthesize time and style

For three decades the duo has enthralled their fans by layering electronic music atop lofty, intelligent lyrics.Even by the outré standards of the 1980s — when music was full of smooth criminals and material girls — the Pet Shop Boys stood out. Two fashion-conscious English guys with the crisp enunciation of schoolteachers, the pioneering duo made electronic synth-pop that looked to the future just as it drew on the old-fashioned storytelling of Noel Coward and P.G. Wodehouse.

Read full article Share article