THE CURE "HOMESICK / A FOREST"
; "THE CURE \"HOMESICK / A FOREST\"")
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The Cure: quintessential cultural icon of teenage melancholia, the epitome of the romantically naïve pubescent depression that we treat with an equal degree of condescending adoration and agitated annoyance. While critics write off the early work of deeply depressive and awesomely genius bandleader Robert Smith as sophomoric, self-indulgent gloom, the breathtaking lyrical depth and haunting, minimal brand of dark rock continues to weather the test of time as some of the most sincere, deeply introspective and masterfully poetic songwriting in modern musical history. Articulating the daily frustration of unrealized desire, modern material and spiritual alienation and the increasingly fleeting possibility of authentic interpersonal intimacy, Smith’s subject content was relatively singular: the Death of Romantic Idealism, the epidemic disillusionment with the isolated existence that has swept over technologically-interlaced society and left empty, passionless husks of men without recollection of the basic human pleasures of love, sexual desire and quixotic youthful aspiration. This latest installment of the growing series of Slow To Speak re-issues, featuring the classic “Homesick,” “A Forest” & “M,” showcases three of Smith’s most deeply insightful and heart-wrenchingly sorrowful investigations into the darkest depths of the human condition. The Cure’s cult following among the disillusioned youth of yesterday has painted them as the representatives of infantile, self-indulgent depression of adolescence. In many ways, this slander could not be more of a compliment: a testament to their masterful expression of the disheartening conditions of class society. Still too young to have mastered the complex art of self-deception, it is the youth, and in many ways them alone, who can still see through the web of lies that mask the passionless routine of the modern existence.
| Tracklisting | ||
| Side A. | ||
| 1. Homesick | ||
| Side B. | ||
| 1. A Forest | ||
| 2. M | ||
| Artist | Title | |
| THE CURE | HOMESICK | |
| Label | Cat.# | |
| A&M | MM.122 | |
| Year | Format | |
| 2008 | 12" | |
| Additional Info. | ||
