ABC, one of the most original and enduring bands of the last three decades, are back with a brand new album. Following the re-release of a Special Edition of the iconic album LEXICON OF LOVE in 2004, lead singer MARTIN FRY is delighted with the new material. 'TRAFFIC is 12 brand new songs, and in 2008 it's a real privilege to be able to compete after 25 years of making music,' he says. 'These days there has to be a good reason to release an ABC record. It's a real labour of love. There's no point in writing a song unless you are inspired.'

'The Very First Time' is one of a number of tracks written whilst touring America last year, while '16 Seconds' was written on a tour bus in Europe and reflects on how fast life is in the 21st century.

Fry says of the new album 'It's a cosmopolitan record and it's about today - about the journeys people are making today, country to country, internet traffic, human traffic, moving from the past to the present to the future.'

tracklisting
• Sixteen Seconds To Choose
• The Very First Time
• Ride
• Love Is Strong
• Caroline
• Life Shapes You
• One Way Traffic
• Way Back When
• Validation
• Lose Yourself
• Fugitives
• Minus Love

Now MARTIN FRY's time has come again. 'People are yearning for flamboyance,' he considers. 'If they want that, they call me. That's what I do. I've got to walk it like I talk it. I'm confident about what ABC achieved, that I defined something. That's why I want to keep making records. That and the fact that I haven't yet written my 'Endless Sea' or 'My Way'. The key is to keep developing. I'm not glued to the past. I'm looking forward. And I'm really looking forward to all this. It's going to be a gas.'