On Depeche Mode's 2009 world tour, U.K. production duo Soulsavers supported the European batch of shows and forged a fortuitous relationship that would bear fruit in 2012. That year, Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan joined forces with Soulsavers on The Light the Dead See, a combination of Soulsavers' downtempo electronic mood music and Gahan's gloomy, distressed lyrics and vocals. They returned in 2015 with Angels & Ghosts, a deeper collaborative effort where all three artists received songwriting credits. Their third collaboration, Imposter, arrived in late 2021 and featured Gahan's cover versions of songs by Neil Young, Cat Power, PJ Harvey, and more.