Made of Rain
The British band’s first new album in 29 years is a rare commodity: a comeback record that’s refreshingly free of nostalgic gestures.
Lockdown has changed the world as we know it, so it’s nice to have some consistency — thankfully The Psychedelic Furs are on hand to provide it.
The Psychedelic Furs prove they haven’t mellowed with time on their first album in 29 years, while Daniel Blumberg’s deeply personal record makes for an uncomfortably suffocating listen at times
After spending nearly two decades as a reliable concert draw playing the old hits to crowds happy to hear them, the Psychedelic Furs decided as the 2010s came to a close that the time was right to record some new music.
In the Psychedelic Furs' early days, the band and critics alike described their sound as
The Butler brothers return with a swagger after almost 30 years. Album New Music review by Guy Oddy