Truly an album that feels like more than the sum of its parts. On my first listen, I knew I’d loved the album but hadn’t picked out many of the standouts since it all just melded into one cohesive experience. And on the second listen, I realised that uh that’s simply how I lived it. And conversely to most albums, here I much preferred the latter half (which in terms of runtime is the last 3 songs) which somehow lent itself to a much more interesting album experience.
Consistently great yet never spectacular, I derived a pretty equal amount of enjoyment from the whole album. Except track 3, which made me immediately run for my tobacco pouch; didn’t need that kind of negativity in my life.
I'm a bit surprised I didn't like this more in all honesty, but there was just an itch that wasn't being scratched. Perhaps a promise of more energy or just something more interesting, which I only really found on Science Fair and Opus especially.
A quite wonderful all-encompassing noisy haze, a big complaint is that the vocal melodies just felt... lacking. I was always expecting a note more or different which didn't deliver and slightly disappointed me, but it was nontheless beautiful.
Has some of the grooviest bass lines I've ever heard, this is a great atmospheric middle ground for the Cure.
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