On Friday, Depeche Mode comes roaring back with Spirit, its most urgent, politically charged album yet. But the memory of David Bowie lingers over the new music for frontman Dave Gahan, who was in the midst of writing and recording the trio's 14th effort when the icon died of cancer last year at the…

Depeche Mode is back with its timeliest work yet. Take protest song Where's the Revolution, the lead single off the synth-rock trio's new album Spirit (out Friday). "You've been lied to, you've been fed truths. Who's making your decisions?" frontman Dave Gahan hisses over blistering synths, urging…