Echo and the Bunnymen: Time Warp Wednesday

Echo and the Bunnymen
Showbox at the Market, Seattle, WA
08.06.14

A rare treat rolled through Seattle on Wednesday night, as Echo and the Bunnymen stopped at the Market Showbox to perform for a sold out crowd. Their current tour is short and sweet, hitting 13 cities in 19 days. Yep, that’s it, folks. After a five year draught, the Bunnymen released their new album, Meteorites, just a few months ago. Singer Ian McCulloch and guitarist Will Sergeant are the only remaining original members of this Liverpool-based band, to which time has certainly tested their line-up on more than one or two occasions.

Their secret to youth and vitality? Well, our best guess was the coconut water and Naked juice that catered the stage. The Bunnymen opened with Meteorites, and even though it was new material, their sound was amazing and ageless. It could have been a set from ’84. Their stage was dark and filled with smoke, giving McCulloch and company plenty of opportunities to hide from the eyes of a very curious and pleasant crowd.

Opening the show was our very own local and luscious Prom Queen. A 60s-inspired solo project by Leeni, Prom Queen did not sport a band this evening; she did, however, sport an old prom dress and her signature telephone microphone. An echoing voice from the past, Prom Queen composes all of this wonderful sound from scratch, and the end results feel uniquely vintage. If you’re in the market for a Tarantino-inspired throwback evening (who isn’t?), look them up and catch them downtown.

Echo and the Bunnymen Set List:
Meteorites
Rescue
Do It Clean / When I Fall in Love / Sex Machine
Never Stop
People Are Strange
(The Doors cover)
Seven Seas
Bedbugs and Ballyhoo
Holy Moses
All My Colours
Over the Wall
Constantinople
All That Jazz
Bring On the Dancing Horses
The Killing Moon
The Cutter
Encore:
Nothing Lasts Forever / Walk on the Wild Side / Don’t Let me Down / In the Midnight Hour / Coney Island Baby
Lips Like Sugar
Encore 2:
Ocean Rain