Far Out staff pick their Mercury Prize nominees for 2025
A good year for music.
The Cure
The bands Robert Smith said deserved to be more popular: “You never hear them on the radio”
“Never broke through.”
If ‘Wednesday’ is diet goth, ‘Disintegration’ is the full feast
Why stay with your starter when the main course is waiting?
The Cure song about a “failed sexual encounter” and a “comet crash” all at once
“It wasn’t what you expected.”
Pedro Pascal’s favourite pieces of music: “I was raised by HBO, Spielberg, and Prince”
“It moves me so deeply.”
‘Just Like Heaven’: How The Cure perfectly captured the dizzying heights of love
A love song through and through.
How Robert Smith crafted the ultimate “fuck-off” album in a bid to break up The Cure
Blowing up their career.