With his longtime band Scissor Sisters on a semi-permanent hiatus after 2012’s “Magic Hour” and accompanying tour, Derek “Del Marquis” Gruen faced a predicament when it came to determining the direction of his latest solo project. Would he release his latest album as Del Marquis, a follow-up to a quartet of EPs he released between 2008 and 2009, or pursue another direction?

After collaborating over a two-year period with musicians like Rod Thomas (a.k.a.

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