so i haven't listened to any The Cure albums past Wish...i'm sure i'll get to em one day, but do i NEED to before this new record? because i plan to join in on all the fun and listen.

Absolutely listen to Bloodflowers, if nothing else. Very important record in their discography and a clear influence on the new material.

aight f*** it i'm gonna do the 6 records from Disintegration to present.

playing Disintegration.

vibes af

listennotes.com/podcasts/close-to-me-the-songs-of-the-cure-ben-shirai-4G5xQUBz_Zv

^ nice show where the two hosts revisit each album's development in release order

The cure and 4:13 are pretty poor. Bloodflowes is great and wild mood swings is all over the place but has some great songs.

They f***ed up leaving some classic b-sides off WMS

You can hear DRONE:NODRONE on the site now

listening to Wish.

how did we get this far apart? we used to be so close together.

let's get happy

Are you ready?

now playing Wild Mood Swings

i'm listening to The 13th like ok...they tryna get a lil funky... but Strange Attraction started, and I thought my Apple Music changed to a New Edition song or something. i'm kinda f***ing with it idk

You don't have to do this..

hahaha i wanted to listen to the 5 records i've never heard before the new one comes out

i'm on track 7 rn, not bad so far tbh

lmao ngl i can totally see how these songs aren't what you come for when you listen to The Cure...but idk if i can say they're bad. is it the weed?

this wasn't awful like i was expecting mannnn. now my expectations are kinda up for Bloodflowers since this one's supposed to be much better lol, gonna listen back to back

Bloodflowers is a more solid record and more The Cure-ish, for sure, but is it as INTERESTING?

Want is a good song

album definitely better than their 2004 and 2008 ones

uh oh lol gonna do those two tomorrow

opening track on 4:13 Dream is one of their best imo. s*** is gorgeous

WNS has great songs, and lyrically I think it's pretty good, just too long with some songs that are so forgettable e.g return, numb, club America (a all time worst cure song).