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New single from The Cure

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by igster

So erm. After a few years of procrastination and cancellation of tours to ensure it's perfect, the new Cure single 'The Only One' is the first of a series of monthly singles until the album comes out in September.

And it's mostly streamable from:

www.thecure.com

I say mostly because it seems to get about three quarter through before restarting and making you wonder if your browser is fucked.

Worth getting excited about?

First couple of listens and it doesn't sound terribly interesting. A bit try-hard Happy Cure ditty, along the lines of Mint Car to me.

igster | 02 May '08, 16:26 | Send note | Report this | Reply

i like it!

yeah you are right, bit of an obvious cure song, but why fuck with genius?


Truth up!

I heard them do it live at Wembley (along with the next single Freakshow, which sounded more like their vaguely dancey pop ones from the 80s) and it sounded excellent.

They also did another one which sounded a bit like Never Enough.

This single was the weakest of the three, but it's still fucking good.

It's The Cure for fuck's sake!


Flash isn't working in my office

Someone hum it for me


its pretty good

not amazing, but its a nice happy cure song whats not to like?


cool

sounds pleasant. When is the new album out?


..

September


I prefer unhappy Cures tunes to the jaunty ones

but this is pretty good.

7/10


goth ^


this single has some fucked up edits in it

innit

theyareoutof time

sounds like friday I'm in Love without the tune and the chorus

still nice tho


ok

i get it
it's aloop

*kills self*


oh

the shame


not bad


I don't know..

... is there a problem with the file on the site? It gets to where the chorus should presumably start and then resets... but in a manner that isn't immediately clear that that is not how it should be.

I'm not sure the song's properly there. It's possible there's a fantastically catchy chorus yet to be heard.


awww

have a heart, 'Mint Car' was class, come on; "the sun is up im so happy i could scream/and theres nowhere else in the world i'd rather be" simple but effective, if not entirely convincing.


yeah

It wasn't unlistenable. It just seemed like average parts of every great upbeat Cure song before it.

I do like some of the songs on Wild Mood Swings, mind.


bah

*turns off the lights*

*listens to 'all cats are grey'*


ahhh

now that's better


i

thought it was called im not gonna teach your boyfriend how to dance wth you or something...


ah

come on that was class right there


Not sure I want to listen to it

after the failures that were their last 2 albums...


^