RAINBIRDS : RAINBIRDS

1. Boy On The Beach
2. Blueprint
3. 7 Compartments
4. Apparently
5. On The Balcony
6. No Greater Love
7. We Make Love Falling
8. Dancer
9. Fireworks
10. The Bird Up There

Label : Mercury

Length : 48:34

Release Date : 1987

Review (The KEXP Blog) : Quick, imagine there's a band that formed in Berlin in the mid-'80s and named themselves after an instrumental song by Tom Waits. What do you think they sound like? Guess again. Rainbirds' hooky New Wave sound, at least on their 1987 debut album, was decidedly more conventional than their name's origins might imply, but it still makes for an enjoyable listen. Opinions at KCMU were mixed, but seemed to generally lean positive. If you were digging this album in the '80s and have been wondering what the band has been up to, head Rainbird Katharine Franck has been busy, both under her own name and with the resurrected Rainbirds, who released a new album in 2014. Unfortunately, despite all her lyrics being in English, her web site is entirely in German, so I can't say exactly what she's been up to.