John Foxx And The Maths returned with a new line-up on their 5th studio album, Howl released on 24 July 2020. Former Ultravox guitarist Robin Simon joins Foxx, Benge (Ben Edwards) and Hannah Peel after previously guesting with The Maths at their debut Roundhouse show in 2010. 'For years, I'd wanted to work with Robin Simon again,' says Foxx. 'There's something central about what he does - and I always miss it, no matter who I work with. It's what Rob can do with a song, and with the sheer power of sound.' Work on the album began back in April 2019 at Benge's Memetune studios in Cornwall with Rob Simon involved right from the start, his contributions instantly mutating the original ideas into something new. 'Give him a song and he'll give you three takes - all utterly different incarnations,' enthuses Foxx who first worked with Simon on Ultravox's Systems Of Romance album in 1978. 'And it will all be much better. Demolition intercision is what he does and when you get used to the violence he can wreak, it's a true delight.' Foxx and Benge originally got together back in 2010, playing a headline show at the Roundhouse in London as the first ever John Foxx And The Maths show before they'd even finished their debut album, Interplay, which came out a few months later in 2011. Forward-looking, intuitive and risk taking from the start (Critic Mark Fisher summed them up as 'a glimpse into another world in which rock n roll was invented on Moogs') their passion for the strange sounds