Rain Parade

The Rain Parade are one of the foundational bands of the early 1980s Paisley Underground scene, created by a loose alliance of West Coast acts who looked back to the psychedelic era of the 1960s for inspiration. More than their peers the Rain Parade were deeply indebted to the mystical psych and hazy pop sounds of the bygone era, and their 1983 debut album Emergency Third Rail Power Trip combined languid tempos, streamlined melodies, modal counterpoints, and impressionistic lyrics with a skill that few of the original groups of the '60s could manage. They faced a major setback...