Echo & The Bunnymen's darkly melodic, sonically ornate and portentous indie rock left an intoxicating map of possibilities. A diverse field of bands have clearly cocked an ear to their reverberant mystery (see Radiohead's “Optimistic”), grandiose passion (The Killers' “Mr Brightside”) and skittish, pummelling post-rock muscle (Pavement's “Grounded”).