The Cure

[Jorge]

A bit of both, I guess.

He's very critical of both of those records above but in a way that's deeply informed by the band's history.

This guy keeps using the word "ethnocentric" incorrectly and it bugs me. OUT!

[Birds in Hell]

A bit of both, I guess.

He's very critical of both of those records above but in a way that's deeply informed by the band's history.

This guy keeps using the word "ethnocentric" incorrectly and it bugs me. OUT!

Huh, I didn't notice.

In digging around, he seems like a wildly divisive figure to the point where Pitchfork deleted all of his archived pieces at one stage.

He's nuked his social media on several occasions but a bunch of his video chats/essays are archived on a YouTube channel by someone who may actually hate him, it's not entirely clear: https://www.youtube.com/@shaIIowrewards

I don't agree with all of his views on the Cure - he doesn't rate The Top, so we're clearly not hearing the band the same way - but I do think he neatly identifies some of the band's key weaknesses in the latter part of their career and I enjoy his very evident passion and knowledge.

[Jorge]

Oh he's THAT guy!!!

[Jorge]

I'm gonna keep pushing my podcast in all the appropriate threads

https://www.signaturesongpod.com/what-i ... ture-song/

[Jorge]

RIP Perry Bamonte

https://www.thecure.com/news/2025/12/pe ... 1960-2025/

[Birds in Hell]

RIP Perry

I was glad to see him back in the band in recent years, but this also doesn't come as a huge shock as he didn't look terribly well.

[Jorge]

I was still so happy to see him up on stage with them during that final tour, even if I couldn't really hear what he was playing.

[psychobain]

RIP