'Porcupine' is a bit of a juxtaposition. It saw Echo And
The Bunnymen at the height of their commercial powers, with the album dropping
the band's biggest hit 'The Cutter' onto a baying public. But it also saw the
band in its least commercial mind-set, producing a dark, experimental and
purposely difficult album. Indeed, the recording of 'Porcupine' was famously
marred by in-fighting and looming threats of a band split. It must have been a
bittersweet time to have been one of the Bunnymen.
That said, however, 'Porcupine' is a hugely powerful work that still stands as the peak of Echo And The Bunnymen's career.
That said, however, 'Porcupine' is a hugely powerful work that still stands as the peak of Echo And The Bunnymen's career.
