30 years in the making, The Psychedelic Furs‘ Made Of Rain was one of two records locked into my 2020 year-end list when I began compiling it at the end of December. This is notable because prior to midway through the year, my Furs diet consisted of very occasional run-throughs of their All Of This And Nothing compilation and a vague fondness for the Love Spit Love’s – frontsiblngs Richard and Tim Butler’s ’90s post-Furs project – first record (“Am I Wrong” is an all-timer).

It was probably during one of those Nothing run-throughs that I noted that a) the May 2020 release date for Rain had been pushed back to the end of July and b) that three or four preview tracks from the record had already been released. So rather than “Love My Way”, I spun those and was floored. Grand, expansive, and weathered – like the marble statues that adorned the album art – I filled the time waiting for the album’s proper release with getting acquainted with their back catalog. Long story short, bought me a lot of Psychedelic Furs records this Summer.

And as befits a band of their longevity releasing a new album after almost three decades, they did a lot of press, which was good for me since I’d not read much or any of theirs in the past. Frontman Richard Butler took on the bulk of the interviews:

The Psychedelic Furs’ Richard Butler On The Band’s First New Album In 29 Year @ NPR

“There’s a real sadness and a real melancholy to the songs” – The Psychedelic Furs return after 30 years with new album Made Of Rain @ HMV.com

The Psychedelic Furs Return: Richard Butler on Early-Era MTV, Post-Punk and ‘Made of Rain,’ the Furs’ First Album in 29 Years (Q&A) @ Rock Cellar

Interview With Richard Butler From The Psychedelic Furs @ Yorkshire Times

Interview: Richard Butler on The Psychedelic Furs’ superb new album @ Hot Press

Psychedelic Furs’ Richard Butler on the Darker Drops of Made of Rain @ American Songwriter

Richard Butler talks Psychedelic Furs’ comeback album, the real story of ‘Pretty in Pink,’ and how he got that voice @ Yahoo! Entertainment

Psychedelic Furs’ Richard Butler on the Darker Drops of ‘Made of Rain’

Richard Butler of The Psychedelic Furs @ SongFacts

While bassist Tim Butler took his share of media queries:

The Psychedelic Furs’ Tim Butler on Made of Rain, the band’s first LP in nearly 30 years @ The Pitch

Lessons Learned: The Psychedelic Furs look back on a wild and eclectic career @ Huck

Psychedelic Furs Interview: ‘We were a very argumentative band, especially after a few beers’

Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Tim Butler of The Psychedelic Furs

The Ghost In You Returns

Interview – Tim Butler of The Psychedelic Furs

The Psychedelic Furs’ Tim Butler On ‘Made Of Rain,’ The Band’s First New Album In Nearly 30 Years @ Forbes

And Made Of Rain producer Richard Fortus – who goes back with the Butlers a long way as the guitarist in Love Spit Love before becoming guitarist in Guns’N’Roses – talked about the project with his hometown newspaper

St. Louisan Richard Fortus calls producing new Psychedelic Furs album a labor of love @ St. Louis Post-Dispatch

And finally, here’s the one proper (read: non-lyric) video from the record: