ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Ocean Rain LP psych pretty much everything connected to

pretty much everything connected to them is black

The "Like This For Ages” EP was an homage to the Master Musicians of Joujouka

by year’s end they had landed in the #9 spot on Decibel’s annual top 40 albums of the year

" one of the first folk songs to address the consequences of heroin use

and always a rock band first

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Ocean Rain LP psych pretty much everything connected toOcean Rain is a stunningly beautiful album, all midnight hues of celebratory heartache. It breaks from their jagged early post punk sound, adding a vibrant, cinematic string section. 'Whatever burns, burns eternally,' McCulloch sings on "Nocturnal Me" self examining the gothic tendencies of the band, the themes of darkness, fire, ice, religion and doomed romance, vampiric love songs. That cover art, of the band paddling a boat through deep blue water