Interpol, Editors, U2, Coldplay, the entire Britpop scene: they are all indebted to Echo And The Bunnymen, the group from Liverpool that made a number of albums full of atmospheric and dark pop from the end of the seventies and never really broke through to a large audience. The band disbanded in 1988 but singer / guitarist Ian McCulloch and guitarist Will Sergeant changed their minds and returned
… in 1997 with the album Evergreen. Perhaps bolstered by their young admirers, the duo sounds inspired on the album Siberia, traditionally starring Sergeant's signature sparkling guitar playing and McCulloch's dark, grainy voice, which in turn was influenced by Jim Morrison and Lou Reed. With Siberia, they return to the elementary debut album Crocodiles rather than the later one, more orchestrated sound of, for example, their most famous song Bring On The Dancing Horses. Purposeful or not, but with this they leave many eighties retro bands behind. (MR)more
