The Psychedelic Furs Made Of Rain 2LP

Founded by visionary singer/lyricist Richard Butler and his brother, bassist Tim Butler, The Psychedelic Furs are among the most significant and lasting bands of the post-punk era, their remarkable canon encompassing seven milestone studio albums and such classic singles as "We Love You", "Sister Europe", "Love My Way", "The Ghost In You", "Pretty In Pink", "Heaven", "Heartbreak Beat" and "All That Money Wants", to name but a few.

A hugely diverse selection of artists have cited the Furs as an influence or covered their songs: from The Killers, R.E.M, Annie Lennox, Foo Fighters, Nine Inch Nails, KORN to even Bob Dylan and Corey Taylor (Slipknot). Their song "Pretty In Pink" inspired the John Hughes '80s cult classic film of the same name, and more recently "Love My Way" was used in the Academy Award winning coming-of-age drama Call Me By Your Name and "The Ghost In You" in the Netflix science fiction phenomenon Stranger Things.

The new album MADE OF RAIN sees the band returning to the fray as relevant and original as ever before, fueled by their always innovative sonic approach and Richard Butler's evocative, masterful songwriting. Produced by longtime associate Richard Fortus (formerly of Richard and Tim Butler's acclaimed mid-1990s band, Love Spit Love, and a current member of Guns N' Roses) and mixed by Tim Palmer (Pearl Jam, U2, Robert Plant), Made Of Rain contains magnificent reiterations of The Psychedelic Furs' distinct, desperate wall of sound, melding haunting melodies and driving rhythms with ambition, aggression and subversive lyrical power.

It was surely only the fact that this singular group stopped, 12 years in, that prevented them rivalling The Cure as their era's misfit geniuses.