Thursday, August 27, 2009

Echo & The Bunnymen - Angels And Devils


Korova (UK) KOW34, 1984
 
B-side of "Silver". This was a one-off, recorded during a break on their '84 North American tour. I remember being really psyched by this when it came out, as it seemed to suggest a return to a simpler, stripped down sound after the lush orchestrations of Ocean Rain and multilayered production of Porcupine. Too bad they didn't pursue this any further and instead went the overproduced, '80s synth route with "Bring On the Dancing Horses" and that awful self-titled LP.

One of their best 7" sides, and the end of a great run.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Great song, thanks. There's also a fantastic live version that was the highlight, I thought, of the Crystal Days box set.

You've shared some superb music here, glad to find some of the older ones still working.