Re: FAO Cure fans
Haircut1000I kinda like them but they have a new album coming out with 2 tracks pre released so thought I would check them out. I am very impressed. Two great tracks. Here's one of them.
Well, we’ve been waiting several years for the album, so I’m hoping it’s good . I know Robert has suffered a couple of family tragedies of late, which has certainly coloured the lyrics and I’m sure, led to production and release delays- which he explains as having become a perfectionist.
Just checked the bootleg of the London gig I went to in Dec 2022 and they played A Fragile Thing and also Alone, which has been doing the rounds on YT. Alone reminds me of their own track, Plainsong and with its slow build, India by the Psychedelic Furs. But it’s a bit tedious.
Based on my knowledge of the tracks I’ve heard live, it will help if you’re into the epic album trilogy P0rnography/Disintegration/Bloodflowers if you want half a chance of appreciating the new material.
I can either take or leave new Cure stuff in 2024, TBH. Give me Seventeen Seconds or Faith any day. But for me, they’re a great band and it’s a fine effort by Smith/Gallup et all that they are still an active unit with global appeal.