Heartland

Pista wrote: ↑31 Oct 2024, 14:33

Phobia wrote: ↑30 Oct 2024, 13:29 Huge Cure fan too. Have pre-ordered 2cd+blu-ray+poster edition. Cannot wait!

I have just finished my first listen through & you are not going to be disappointed.

Nice, thank !

Pista wrote: ↑31 Oct 2024, 14:33

Phobia wrote: ↑30 Oct 2024, 13:29 Huge Cure fan too. Have pre-ordered 2cd+blu-ray+poster edition. Cannot wait!

I have just finished my first listen through & you are not going to be disappointed.

If you would have to compare to it another The Cure album, what would it be?

Phobia wrote: ↑01 Nov 2024, 11:32 If you would have to compare to it another The Cure album, what would it be?

I'm going in the love child of Faith & Disintegration direction I think.
There's absolutely zero pop on it & the songs are monumental

Pista wrote: ↑01 Nov 2024, 12:44

Phobia wrote: ↑01 Nov 2024, 11:32 If you would have to compare to it another The Cure album, what would it be?

I'm going in the love child of Faith & Disintegration direction I think.
There's absolutely zero pop on it & the songs are monumental

Oh darn, you make the wait even harder. lol.

Listening at the moment, and I'm up to Warsong. Umm, wow.

There's definitely a sense of heaviness to it, and I can only imagine it's just going to get heavier. It's very world-weary, very questioning-what-it's-all-about, and very very beautiful.

I don't think it's an LP I'd listen to in a single sitting again, though. Even Faith and Pornography had their moments of light and shade, but this is the full undiluted dose. That's not a criticism, it just is what it is.

Halfway through my second listen and it's a dense, heavy listen. It's not one to give up its treasures easily. But there are some strong melodies buried deep in it that I can imagine will become more apparent in subsequent listens.

Really liking it so far. Worth a 16 year wait? Not sure. But I'm happy it's finally arrived.

Mr Smith has said that there's a lot of newly recorded material that he'd like to put out so maybe a companion album at some point next year?

intense. nice gig last night

The new album is very good. It sounds a lot like their 80's stuff.

It's their best work since Disintegration, imho.