Famously, The Cure are that rarest of rock beast: both classic singles band and purveyors of cohesive statement albums. Which makes for one of the richer catalogues, worth a deep dive for lesser celebrated pearls on the occasion of their first new album in 16 years, Songs of a Lost World.
Down here, every fan has their favourite shade and corner. Some will die for the drip-drip new wave minimalism of “10:15 Saturday Night”, others for the ambient gloom of “All Cats Are Grey” or the spacious art-mospheres of “Underneath the Stars”. Here, forswearing all singles cuts, this unashamed lover of Robert Smith’s more melodic moments picks his top nine…
