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The Cure: Bloodflowers Shaun Corley | Ritz Section Manager 
Whether or not you like The Cure's music, you have to give them one thing: they have remained true to themselves. Never once in their twenty-year plus career have they ventured from the dark, brooding, yet poppy, style, at least not too far. And they have managed to maintain their fan base as well. In a modern rock landscape now dominated by all-flash-and-no-substance acts like Blink 182 and Kid Rock, this is a major feat.
On their latest release Bloodflowers, The Cure stick to their tried and true formula-depressing lyrics and equally depressing music. You would think that after twenty-some odd years this would get old, but The Cure manage to find a way to make it sound fresh. The first track "Out of This World" is a superb song for a break-up. While it comes nowhere near "Pictures of You," it's still close. Of course, there are the other token "love-sucks" songs: "There Is No If" (my personal favorite), "39" and "The Loudest Sound." Yet that poppy aspect, a hallmark of the some of The Cure's biggest hits, such as "In Between Days" and "Just Like Heaven," isn't here. Don't come to this album looking for another "Friday I'm in Love" or "Mint Car." The closest song on here that could be considered poppy, the "Fascination Street"-esque first single "Maybe Someday", is nowhere near as radio friendly as the aforementioned songs. This album has a great vibe to it, almost on par with Pornography or Disintegration ( then again, I doubt if any album can have that great of a vibe. Trust me). With it's slow and dreary feeling, it's the perfect album to pop in to your CD player on a rainy day and sit around and brood to. Then again, which Cure album isn't? Responses: Refresh frame to view latest entries.
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