i feel this year will B a Great Year!

http://www.billboard.com/...1000500179

Billboard reveals everything we needed to know:
'The End' In Sight For The Cure

The Cure's first album in four years will be a self-titled affair, frontman Robert Smith announced last night (April 2 in New York at the first playback of the upcoming release. "The Cure" will arrive June 29 on producer Ross Robinson's I Am imprint via Geffen. The group will perform first single "The End of the World" tomorrow on NBC's "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" and headline the Coachella festival on Sunday in Indio, Calif.

"I think it's the best thing we've ever done," Smith said proudly. "The album is called 'The Cure.' If you don't like it, then you don't like us." Smith stood silently in the corner of the room by himself while the 14-track album was played for about 40 journalists and guests, occasionally taking notes in preparation for approving the final mix and running order.

The album kicks off with the slow, discordant "Lost," featuring the first of many impassioned vocal performances from Smith. A throbbing bass groove powers the tentatively titled "Labyrinths," with Smith wailing, "It's not the same / it never was like this / everything has to change."

The classic Cure sound is evident on such tracks as "Before 3," "Taking Off" and "I Don't Know What's Going On," which sport great melodies and foot-tapping tempos. The 12th track, the tentatively titled "Jason #3" provides the album with a late shot of energy thanks to a clever, melodically ascending chorus.

But the album has its share of dark and intense material, particularly the epic penultimate track "The Promise," which runs past 10 minutes and climaxes in feedback and noise. "Us or Them" matches its confrontational title with an emphatic chorus ("I don't want you anywhere near me"), while "Going Nowhere" wraps things up with sad, dreamy production accented by piano.

"There was a moment where we had to decide whether to do some conceptual experiment with nothing over 100 [beats-per-minute], and all of us with our heads down making a heavy, heavy album, but it wouldn't be as good," Smith said. "The best Cure albums have a balance."

Smith revealed that former guitarist Porl Thompson, who left the Cure in 1993, recorded parts for a couple of tracks. At Robinson's urging, basic tracks were recorded live, yet another throwback to an earlier time.

"Ross wanted to record us as a band, which we really hadn't done since the second album we ever made," Smith said. "The days would build up into these intense periods until we'd get the song. Everything was played live and I had to sing live."

Smith held back on giving details of the band's summer tour, which is rumored to feature such Cure-inspired new acts as Interpol, the Rapture and Mogwai, but promised, "You'll enjoy the whole thing because it was put together by us."

Here is the tentative track list for "The Cure":

"Lost" "Labyrinths" (working title) "Before 3" (working title) "Truth Goodness and Beauty" "The End of the World" "I Don't Know What's Going On" "Taking Off" "Anniversary" "This Morning "Us or Them" "Precious Advise" (working title) "Jason #3" (working title) "The Promise" "Going Nowhere"

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can not wait.

What a year this is going to be - both P and The Cure, my 2 favorite artists, back in the spotlight.

thank you so much for the heads up re: the tonight show performance. vcr is programmed. i am going out of town to see p in atl, so i'll have something to see when i get back.

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thanks for the info!

Sounds very cool. Could "The Cure" be there "Musicology"? Even "Bloodflowers had a decent debut. And they are going to perform on Jay Leno..tommorow? OK. As bored as I am with Leno, he does have Janet on tonight. Not bad!

YAY!!!!

Alright! First Moz has got a new one, and now Robert Smith and his crew are coming out with a new one. Does it get any better than this?????

YEESSS!

Holy Shnikes!!! Duran Duran are working on a new album, George Michael just dropped his, Madonna's touring, the re-united Tears For Fears album is about to drop, the Pixies and Love & Rockets are on tour, Morrisey is headling Lollapalooza and Prince is everywhere you turn! Its like 1986 all over again!!!!

Can't wait for this! I love the Cure! Been listening to the b-sides box set continuously!

Let's hope this isn't another late April Fools.

GangstaFam said:

it better not be! I'm still pissed about that one!