One suspects The Crocodiles have had the Echo & The Bunnymen manual out for this, their new single, Sleep Forever.

In fact Barry-Sean from the office (and a great E&TB fan/expert/obsessive) was suitably moved to observe that everything right down to the vocal phrasing seemed deliberately Bunnyesque. However, as he also observed, this is no bad thing – especially when they also manage to bring quite a lot of something of their own to the party.

And for those of us who are just that little bit less obsessed with the Bunnymen, it is simply a damn good song and well worth your time and (as Mr McCulloch so memorably once said), “friends, Romans, and Bunnymen”, your ears.

Visit their MySpace here.

Buy the single via Fat Possum here.

Download The Crocodiles – Sleep Forever mp3 (from Sleep Forever 7″)