The Icicle Works: The Icicle Works (1984)

If you know a track from this LP, it's likely Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream), but there are other great tunes, like the aforementioned Love is a Wonderful Colour and Chop the Tree, for example.

There is some great drumming in Birds Fly, and the lyrics are pretty good too:

Love come down upon us till you flow like water
Burning with the hope of insight
Feathered, look they're covered with a bright elation
Stolen in the sight of love

We are, we are, we are but your children
Finding our way around indecision
We are, we are, we are rather helpless
Take us forever, a whisper to a scream

Birds fly in the eyes of the faithless daughter
Broken at the bitter end

Wasted sacrificed for a new nirvana
Nighttime sends us on our way

We are, we are, we are but your children
Finding our way around indecision
We are, we are, we are rather helpless
Take us forever a whisper to a scream

I would rate this as a really good debut record, with some solid tracks. The UK pressing has a different cover from the Canadian pressing, of course.