’80s new-wave legends Echo And The Bunnymen are still making grand, sweeping, dramatic anthems, and they’ve got an album full of them called Meteorites coming out soon. First single “Lovers On The Run” is no “Bring On The Dancing Horses,” but it’s still an impressively monolit...

Next week, Abrams Books will release Lori Majewski and Jonathan Bernstein’s Mad World: An Oral History Of New Wave Artists And Songs That Defined The 1980s. The book features interviews with 35 artists from the era, including Duran Duran, New Order, the Smiths, and Depeche Mode. We’ve got an excerpt from the book for you [...]

They will tour Europe and the US in support of the LP    

It's also easy to spot the lines of influence from great, beloved British indie bands, like Echo & The Bunnymen their dark videos mixed with a very specific seaside British imagery and The Smiths via the particular influence of Morrissey

Poltergeist, the new prog outfit formed by original Echo And The Bunnymen members Will Sergeant and Les Pattinson, have confirmed a UK tour for October