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Porcupine
Rock · 1983 · 12 tracks

Porcupine

Echo & the Bunnymen

Icy, jagged post-punk defined by L. Shankar's eastern strings and Ian McCulloch's most strained, dramatic vocals. A claustrophobic winter record of immense scale.

February 4, 1983 · 1972

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A tense, wintery descent into jagged psychedelia and existential theatricality.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
03
My White Devil
4:41
04
Clay
4:17
05
Porcupine
6:00
06
Heads Will Roll
3:33
07
Ripeness
4:50
08
Higher Hell
5:02
09
Gods Will Be Gods
5:27
10
In Bluer Skies
4:33
11
Villiers Terrace
12
Stars Are Stars
13
Monkeys
14
Read It in Books
Moments Worth Listening For
The piercing, staccato violin hook of L. Shankar that cuts through the rhythmic murk of The Cutter.
The way the guitar on the title track spirals into a dizzying, psychedelic haze over six minutes.
The sudden transition from the literary name-dropping of My White Devil into its frantic, tribal percussion.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Porcupine sound next to the rest of Echo & the Bunnymen's catalogue?

Fog+1.5σ

Fog saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

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