Stream The Cure's 4:13 Dream

We received a number of songs from the Cure's 13th album incrementally, over so many weeks, that 4:13 Dream feels comfortably well-worn even on the first listen. The Single Of The Month Club brought us jangly, sexy "The Only One," lame-o "Freakshow," "Sleep When I'm Dead," and achy "The Perfect Boy." Then there are tracks like beautiful, compelling opener "Underneath The Stars" that found their way to our ears via different means (e.g. the band performing the entire album in Rome). The effect is strange: Familiar song, something new, familiar song, something blue. What's even stranger: 30 years on, the Cure have cool new tricks to perform. Hear for yourself.

Posted at 5:19 PM by brandon
Tags: The Cure

7 Comments

this is their best album in 16 years. it's not for nothing that porl's back. robert sounds engaged again. their playing is amazing. the lyrics aren't self-referential and obvious. it's a great album.

Posted by: zap at 10/24/08 5:36 PM  | Reply
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i'm confused. that 'hear for yourself' link takes me to their myspace page, but there's no album streaming. am i missing it?

Posted by: franky at 10/24/08 5:45 PM  | Reply
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never mind. i'm a tool. carry on.

Posted by: franky at 10/24/08 5:58 PM  | Reply
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No, you're right! It was just there and now it's gone. I'm looking into it, hopefully it is a temporary glitch.

Posted by: Scott  in reply to franky's comment at 10/24/08 6:10 PM  | Reply
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It's gonna start tomorrow.

Posted by: Scott  in reply to franky's comment at 10/24/08 6:15 PM  | Reply
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cool. i feel more technically superior now. thanks.

Posted by: franky  in reply to Scott's comment at 10/24/08 6:35 PM  | Reply
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It's up now. Get streaming...

Posted by: brandon  in reply to franky's comment at 10/25/08 1:42 PM  | Reply
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