The Cure

[Birds in Hell]

Good piece about one of my favourite albums of all time.

The Cure’s ‘Faith’ at 35: A Lysergic Rainbow Seen From an Ice Floe
By Tim Sommer

Glacial, monumental and devastatingly simple, Faith, the third album by the Cure, is the spirit of ’76 slowed to a crawl, infused with Satie-like spaces, and re-imagined as a sad opium dreamscape. It is one of the greatest accomplishments of post-punk, and April 14 marks the 35th anniversary of its release.

http://observer.com/2016/04/the-cures-f ... -ice-floe/

[Birds in Hell]

Excellent b-side from The Glove, Robert's 1983 side project with Steve Severin from The Banshees.



That whole Japanese Whispers/The Glove/The Top (as well as Hyaena by the Banshees which he also plays on) period is a real highpoint of The Cure's and Robert's output for me; an explosive year and a half (or so) of unsettling pop weirdness.

[Birds in Hell]

That whole Japanese Whispers/The Glove/The Top (as well as Hyaena by the Banshees which he also plays on) period is a real highpoint of The Cure's and Robert's output for me; an explosive year and a half (or so) of unsettling pop weirdness.

I made a mix to this effect.

1. Lament (Flexipop version) [The Cure, "Join the Dots" boxset]
2. Ariel (BBC session) [The Cure, bootleg]
3. Just One Kiss [The Cure, "Japanese Whispers"]
4. The Walk [The Cure, "Japanese Whispers"]
5. Mouth to Mouth [The Glove, "Blue Sunshine" CD bonus track]
6. Orgy [The Glove, "Blue Sunshine"]
7. Mr. Alphabet Says [The Glove, "Blue Sunshine"]
8. A Blues in Drag [The Glove, "Blue Sunshine"]
9. Perfect Murder [The Glove, "Blue Sunshine"]
10. Speak My Language [The Cure, "Japanese Whispers"]
11. Throw Your Foot [The Cure, "Join the Dots" boxset]
12. Give Me It [The Cure, "The Top"]
13. Dressing Up [The Cure, "The Top"]
14. Wailing Wall [The Cure, "The Top"]
15. Piggy in the Mirror [The Cure, "The Top"]
16. Running Town [Siouxsie and the Banshees, "Hyaena"]
17. Swimming Horses [Siouxsie and the Banshees, "Hyaena"]
18. Blow the House Down [Siouxsie and the Banshees, "Hyaena"]
19. New Day [The Cure, "Close To Me" CDV single]

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zga2m9m812ar ... q8GVa?dl=0

Also:

Five years since their last Australian appearance The Cure will make a very welcome return to our shores for an arena tour.

Renowned for their sublime two-hour-plus performances, The Cure will play headline arena shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth this July.

Tickets for the Melbourne and Sydney shows will go on sale at 10am next Friday, May 6.

Details of the Adelaide and Perth shows will be announced at a later date.

TOUR DATES

21 July - Vector Arena, Auckland, NZ
23 July - Splendour in the Grass Festival, Byron Bay
25 July - Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
28 July - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne

[William Bloke]

Yay!

I am very keen on getting to see The Cure in July.

Where are you getting the info/alerts from Spenno?

(and cheers for the mix - downloading now).

[Birds in Hell]

That's right off the Live Nation website, Bloko.

[William Bloke]

Cheers.

[Birds in Hell]

The US leg of this mammoth world tour kicks off in New Orleans on May 10, I'm anticipating a surprise new album drop some time very soon - a tour this big doesn't make a great deal of sense sense unless they have new music to play (and the band have been dropping low-key hints for a while that they've been working on something).

[LetMeSleep]

Just downloaded that comp, Spenno. Thanks for sharing. Is it okay to share to a friend?

[Birds in Hell]

Sure thing, go nuts.

[Birds in Hell]

The US leg of this mammoth world tour kicks off in New Orleans on May 10, I'm anticipating a surprise new album drop some time very soon - a tour this big doesn't make a great deal of sense sense unless they have new music to play (and the band have been dropping low-key hints for a while that they've been working on something).

Guess not, unless it's coming once the tour's already begun.

Adelaide and Perth shows now announced, I am a happy spenno. Would love to see them more than once but I doubt I can swing that with work right now, alas.

[William Bloke]

Presale for Telstra customers is on tomorrow. I am gonna be on that for sure.

[Birds in Hell]

Two incredible setlists in New Orleans to kick off this world tour:

Night 1:

Open
alt.end
All I Want (first performance since 1987)
Push
In Between Days
From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea
Step Into the Light (new song - live debut)
Sleep When I'm Dead
A Letter to Elise (first performance since 2008)
High
The Walk
Lovesong
Just Like Heaven
Trust
Want
The Hanging Garden
One Hundred Years
End

At Night
M
Play for Today
A Forest

Dressing Up
Piggy in the Mirror
Shake Dog Shake
Give Me It

Burn

It Can Never Be the Same (new song - live debut)

Night 2:

Plainsong
Pictures of You
Closedown (first performance since 2004)
A Night Like This
The End of the World
Lovesong
Doing the Unstuck
Just Like Heaven
Last Dance (first performance since 2002)
This Twilight Garden (1992 b-side - live debut)
Lullaby
Fascination Street
Hot Hot Hot!!!
Screw (first performance since 1985)
Want
Us or Them (first performance since 2008)
The Hungry Ghost
Prayers for Rain
Disintegration

The Same Deep Water as You

Other Voices
Charlotte Sometimes
Primary

Step Into the Light
Never Enough
Wrong Number

Burn
It Can Never Be the Same

Boys Don't Cry

[William Bloke]

Pleasepleaseplease play Want in Perth.....

[LoathedVermin72]

Wow, those are killer sets.

[LoathedVermin72]

How on earth have they not played "Screw" in over 30 years? That's one of my favorite Cure songs.

[Birds in Hell]

How on earth have they not played "Screw" in over 30 years? That's one of my favorite Cure songs.

For Bloke:



The two new songs:




Bought Adelaide tickets for myself and Mrs Birds in Hell today, already vibrating with excitement.

[matt reeder]

Bought Adelaide tickets for myself and Mrs Birds in Hell today, already vibrating with excitement.

Really stoked for you. I'm getting excited to see them in a couple weeks. The news that they are playing "A Letter to Elise" and "This Twilight Garden" on tour have me, as you say, vibrating with excitement. Those are two of my favorite Cure songs and I'd ruled out the chance of ever getting to hear them.

[Birds in Hell]

Bought Adelaide tickets for myself and Mrs Birds in Hell today, already vibrating with excitement.

Really stoked for you. I'm getting excited to see them in a couple weeks. The news that they are playing "A Letter to Elise" and "This Twilight Garden" on tour have me, as you say, vibrating with excitement. Those are two of my favorite Cure songs and I'd ruled out the chance of ever getting to hear them.

Austin, TX setlist - I'll probably get bored of doing this at some point but not yet!

Out of This World (first performance since 2008)
Pictures of You
Closedown
A Night Like This
All I Want
Push
Last Dance
Lovesong
Just Like Heaven
This Twilight Garden
Lullaby
Fascination Street
Screw
The End of the World
Want
Us or Them
The Hungry Ghost
Prayers for Rain
Bloodflowers (first performance since 2008)

Step Into the Light
Shake Dog Shake
Never Enough
Wrong Number

Hot Hot Hot!!!
Close to Me
The Exploding Boy (first performance since 1985)
In Between Days
Doing the Unstuck
Friday I'm in Love

Burn
It Can Never Be the Same

A Forest
Boys Don't Cry

[LetMeSleep]

It was a really disjointed set. Saw some on Periscope and they're tight as always but it didn't flow particularly well.

[Birds in Hell]

It was a really disjointed set. Saw some on Periscope and they're tight as always but it didn't flow particularly well.

I've always found Want a strange song to play mid-set, it feels like it only works as an opener (and they have much better opening songs, so...)