Echo and the Bunnymen frontman Ian McCulloch is all set to release his third solo album next March, complete with guest spots from Coldplay singer Chris Martin and guitarist Jonny Buckland. Word is the album is "dark, but with great pop songs."
Martin has told Rolling Stone magazine that he became friends with McCulloch during the recording sessions for ‘A Rush of Blood to the Head’ in a Liverpool studio. "We played him a few things and he was just fun to have around. We took loads and loads from the Bunnymen certainly in terms of being inspired, so, you know, we'd already stolen all his ideas."