The Psychedelic Furs - Made of Rain Reviews

Release Date: July 31, 2020 | Genre: Pop/Rock
  1. Consequence of Sound
    Jul 27, 2020
    83
    The Psychedelic Furs don’t skip a beat bringing back everything that devotees adore amidst tapping into enough current techniques and mindsets to feel fresh. As such, they prove that a vintage band can still produce something so praiseworthy and pertinent that it surpasses the output of many newer stylistic siblings.


  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Jul 27, 2020
    83
    Rain’s black-velvet melancholy makes it easy to pretend they never left.


  3. musicOMH.com
    Jul 29, 2020
    80
    The Psychedelic Furs needn’t have made anything this good. Many of these songs will grow in potency in a live setting (if we ever get back to that).


  4. Q Magazine
    Jul 28, 2020
    80
    Comfortably their finest outing since 1982's Forever Now. [Sep 2020, p.113]

  5. Mojo
    Jul 27, 2020
    80
    Those of a certain overcoat are assured a Proustian rush: distorted guitars, windswept austerity and Butler's rasp set to Triple Action Strepsil. [Jun 2020, p.95]

  6. Uncut
    Jul 27, 2020
    80
    These are impenetrable walls of off-kilter guitars, skronking saxophones and icy synths, topped off with Richard Butler's mournful rasp. ... For the most part, Made Of Rain cleaves closest to the sense thrum of Talk Talk Talk. [Jun 2020, p.37]

  7. Classic Rock Magazine
    Jul 27, 2020
    80
    Their best record since the last one you liked. [Jun 2020, p.88]

  8. American Songwriter
    Jul 28, 2020
    70
    Replacing some ballads with more upbeat selections would help this disc’s flow; it gets slightly repetitious over its 50-minute playing time. Regardless, there are enough resilient moments to make this a welcome, if long overdue, addition to the group’s impressive catalog. Hopefully it won’t take another three decades for its follow-up.


  9. PopMatters
    Jul 30, 2020
    60
    It contains at least one additional near-classic. But it falls into a type of rut that only long-lived bands can travel: Its primary purpose seems to be justifying its existence with an almost obsessive show of confidence. Which is a fancy way of saying it tries a bit too hard for its good.


  10. The Independent (UK)
    Jul 30, 2020
    60
    Taking its name from a death-themed poem, Made of Rain is a welcome return to the Furs’ classic blend of aggression, tender melody and brooding ambience. But it’s darker than they’ve been before.

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