Heaven Up Here

With Heaven Up Here, Echo & the Bunnymen sharpened their silhouette — all shadowy tension and windswept mood — into something sonically braver and emotionally starker than their debut. This was no sophomore slump; it was a statement of artistic ambition, wrapped in gothic post-punk atmospherics and carved from rain-soaked rhythms.

Recorded in the remote calm of Rockfield Studios, Heaven Up Here strips back the hooks and leans into texture. Will Sergeant’s guitars shimmer and snarl, Les Pattinson and Pete de Freitas create an elastic, driving low end, and Ian McCulloch delivers lyrics like they’re ancient truths being remembered. Tracks like “Over the Wall” and “All My Colours” balance beauty with unease, while “A Promise” adds just enough lift to feel like light breaking through the fog.

The result is a record that doesn’t beg for attention — it earns it through intent. Brooding yet alive with purpose, Heaven Up Here is a bold, confident step into the shadows that would help define the Bunnymen’s myth.