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Published: 22 October 2009

It's the return of the Mac

REVIEW: ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN
Roundhouse

THEY may have released a new album last week, but Echo and the Bunnymen’s appearance at the Roundhouse on Thursday was a welcome meander through their back catalogue.
Not for the first time in the band’s three-decade history, the shadow of frontman McCulloch entered a smoke-filled stage to Gregorian chants for opener Going Up.
The smoke cleared by third song, Rescue, to reveal mouthy McCulloch in torn jeans and obligatory black coat. Halfway through this 80-minute show he admitted he may have found a new outlet for his banter, stopping short of saying “something contentious”, which he says he’ll twitter instead.
Back of Love, Bring on the Dancing Horses, the eternally mellow Killing Moon and Seven Seas were all there. As was a pronounced ‘t’s The Cutter, McCulloch adopting his protégé Liam Gallagher’s lairy rasp. Nothing Ever Lasts Forever – the closest the Bunnymen have got to a Bitter Sweet Symphony – provided a fitting encore for a band in search of a new following. The ’90s hymn was combined with Lou Reed’s Walk On The Wild Side, The Beatles’ Don’t Let Me Down and Wilson Pickett’s Midnight Hour.
RUSSELL HANDY

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