Rating:

The glory days of Echo and the Bunneymen are long since gone, and anyone that expects them to return is being a bit foolish. Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant are the only remaining original members now, and they’re trying very hard, but the magic is pretty much gone. They’ve given the hired rhythm section nothing interesting to do on nine of the eleven songs, and beyond “Parthenon Drive,” there’s not much to enjoy on the album because it just plods along with one mid-tempo semi-rocker after another. There are a few other songs that aren’t embarrasingly bad, but Siberia reminds me a lot of the latest New Order offering, in that both bands are trying to reach back to their 80s style and success. Both failed.

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– Kevin

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