This album is a complete realization of the Echo & The Bunnymen sound: the driving rhythms, punkadelic guitars and Ian's harrowing voice atop it all....and it's only their first.
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.
Every feedback squeal, bass chug, and hi-hat sizzle of what would be Unwound's final 37 shows was taped, the most compelling bits of which have been edited into a cohesive snapshot of a band at the end of an incredible run.