Echo and the Bunnymen have always been a band that seemed to delight in upending expectations. Forming in 1978 in the Liverpool area at the height of the punk rock era, they leavened their music with pop melodies and singer Ian McCulloch's poetic imagery. That got them labeled as "postpunk" rockers and began a career that has continued – with a break here and there – for four decades of their own fiercely independent music.2018 has been no different, as the [...]