Songs for a New World
- Archikulture Digest
- April 9, 2021
Song about change for our challenging new world.
Before John Hughes and Molly Ringwald came along, “Pretty in Pink” was a song on a seminal post-punk album, Talk Talk Talk. The Psychedelic Furs are celebrating the disc’s 30th anniversary with a tour, and Steve Stav was there to soak up the nostalgia — and a few surprises.
Happy Mondays and Psychedelic Furs rock an Orlando audience filled with aging Gen-Xers, and all is well.
Too melodic for punk, too gritty for "new wave" — The Psychedelic Furs are a hard band to pigeonhole, which makes them that much more rewarding. Steve Stav speaks with legendary frontman Richard Butler.