Ready, Steady, Die! release their reinterpretation of Soft Cell’s “Say Hello, Wave Goodbye”

Ready, Steady, Die! have released their new single, a reinterpretation of Soft Cell‘s “Say Hello, Wave Goodbye“, along with a music video. You can check out the video below:

The music video was directed by Morgan Visconti, the one half of the British-American electronic music duo:

“Morgan, under his directing moniker, WeekendClass, has created an epic video to accompany the single and features our new band members, Gladys and Leonard. Gladys & Leonard are CGI created mannequins and have already shown their faces through some of our social posts. We’ve had fun. And to top it all off, Marc Almond himself has not just signed the single and video off but has posted the positive announcement for the single himself on his own Instagram page”

– Ready, Steady, Die!

The choice of the cover is explained by Ready, Steady, Die! as follows:

“As 80s kids, both of us have an enduring love for the synth pop new wave movement that arrived at that time. Marc Almond and David Ball, in their creation of Soft Cell, pioneered the scene with the arrival of their debut album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret and it’s a piece of work that parked up alongside our lives and has been there ever since. Say Hello Wave Goodbye has been covered by some great artists and we wanted to be a part of that gang to pay homage to one of Ready, Steady, Die!’s most powerful influencers. It is also unquestionably one of the most beautiful breakup ballads ever written.”

– Ready, Steady, Die!

“Say Hello, Wave Goodbye” is the second single from Ready, Steady, Die!‘s upcoming 2nd studio album “Accidents”.