Last month, we brought you a free download of a haunting dream-pop cover of The Cure’s ‘Disintegration’ — and now we can offer another contemporary take on a Robert Smith & Co. classic. This time it’s a dark, house-influenced cover of ‘A Forest’ by Denver-based electronic trio Ping Trace.
We mark this week’s 30th anniversary of The Cure’s ‘A Forest’ single with this rare 1979 performance on French TV, which features Robert Smith singing entirely different lyrics to a revved-up version of the band’s classic track.
For fans of The Cure, the highlight of the forthcoming 4CD box set Kats Karavan: The History of John Peel on the Radio no doubt […]
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