Dreams, red wine and the desire to explode - Robert Smith’s songwriting approach in his own words
The Cure’s godfather of goth remains one of music’s key figureheads, yet his attitude to songwriting is anything but orthodox ...
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New album from the Cure is the band’s best since ‘Disintegration’
It is also patient. Half of its songs are longer than six minutes, with one topping 10, and it takes nearly three minutes for front man Robert Smith to set the album’s tone with its first lyric ...
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The Cure’s nine essential songs, from ‘Push’ to ‘Disintegration’
Here, forswearing all singles cuts, this unashamed lover of Robert Smith’s more melodic moments ... monoliths stacked up at the back end of Disintegration, the title track rattles through ...
The Cure’s Robert Smith to curate Royal Albert Hall’s Teenage Cancer Trust gigs
The Cure’s Robert Smith is to take over from Roger Daltrey as curator of the Teenage Cancer Trust’s Royal Albert Hall ...