Channeling the lessons of the experimental Porcupine into more conventional and simple structural parameters, Ocean Rain emerges as Echo & the Bunnymen's most beautiful and memorable effort.
Previously only available as a digital release, ‘B-sides and live (2001-2005)’ brings together rare recordings by post-punk legends Echo & the Bunnymen.
Echo & The Bunnymen's second single from their timeless fourth studio album Ocean Rain, which celebrates forty years this year. Issued on 12" for the first time since original release, it includes the epic Tidal Wave version of the track.
Formed in 1975 by bassist Chuck Ivey, guitarist Oliver "Rectomo" Powers and drummer Johnny Gregg, the trio created some of the most art-damaged outsider rock 'n' roll this side of MX-80 Sound.
Enormous and immersive Amir-galvanized his emerging star, it's musical dynamism and sweeping vocal range netting comparisons to Jeff Buckley and, of course, his grandfather.
A eulogy to a band and a millennium, the year 2000's collaborative Macha Loved Bedhead has been remastered from the original analog tapes and finally makes it's way to the mother format.