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DEFORESTATION
The Curethatwill be treadingthe boards otthe SECC on Tuesday 18 are as dilterenttrom the Cure ot‘A Forest‘ asthe groupthat recorded ‘ln Between Days' wasdilterenttrom the 1978 model. With Robert Smith atthe helm. The Cure are one otthe tewgroupsthat actuallythrive on being contrary and doingthe unexpected. Alterrecordingthe most angst—ridden LP evermade (‘Pornography'lThe Cure split. onlytoreappear shortly afterwards. transformed into proficient and loveable practitioners otirresistiblebut unsettlinglyperverse pop. They madethe most ottheir lacilitytorschizo pop by spreading itovertoursides ontheir1987 LP'Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me'. butthe most recentwaxing. ‘Disintegration‘ showsthat
even alterthey‘ve burntall theirbridgesthey can still come backand dothe more downbeattypeotsongthat madethem notorious. They‘ve covered so much ground, trom 'Pornography' to‘Love Cats‘thatthey can allowthemselvestoreturn toplough one ottheirmany turrows again. Butnowthere'sabig dilterence. Forthe tirsttime they will betouring without drummerturned keyboard playerLolTolhurst. Smith's lriend since school anduntil nowthe only Cure member who has stayedthe course otherthan Smithhimselt. Kicked outbasicallylorhis inabilityto cope withhis sell—destructive streak. his absence will changethe tone otCure shows immeasurably. Perhaps thisis why Smith has announcedthat ‘Disintegration'will bethe lastCurealbum. orperhaps hejustlikes keeping us on ourtoes. See Rock Listings
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