Peter Gabriel’s 1987 album, So, was a huge influence on me at the time. It’s the first album I remember truly loving from beginning to finish. “Sledgehammer” was all over MTV at the time and was a critically acclaimed video, but one of the key songs for me was always “Red Rain”.
In an attempt to present the lyrics in a different light, we played the song in a more aggressive manner here. The lyrics speak towards violent subject manner so, we just presented that in this piece in a different way.
Musically, Jeremy’s keyboards are providing the trip-hop rhythm here with Neil providing textural complexity with doumbek percussion work.
