Melancholy Goes Up To 11
Since 1978, when The Cure formed, they have always seemed older to me than they really were, but now they are older and the insight that they have ingested is recognizable more than ever. It took 16 years to make this album because they wanted it to be right. We know that Robert Smith craves perfection as do all the great artists and he didn’t want to just give the world “something”. He wanted to give then “everything”, and in this album he showed us his heart. He cares. He always has. However, over the last few years he has lost more than ever and it’s transparent in these eight songs.
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