A cult group (meaning they have never sold anything!), The Beta Band has alway had great critical acclaim and has acquired a group of loyal fans.
This combo hails from Edinburgh, a city known for his Georgian architecture and its rainy mornings, when it's not drizzling. Their sound distinguishes themselves from their Scottish peers with a sense of hypnotic trance which could inspire respect in a life assurance salesman.
"Dry the Rain" is taken from their first EP, later placed side by side their successors, under the creative name of "The Three EPs". A superb track, which represents the group at its summit; experimental, without being too navel-gazing, acoustic and electrifying. This single also represents their height of fame as it feature in the soundtrack of the film High-Fidelity, a romantic comedy where John Cusak plays John Cusak (a modern man, handsome and sensitive).
The film could not have had a better sound track.
The Beta Band "Dry the Rain" from "The Three E.P.'s" (1998, Regal)
