I Can Never Say Goodbye (Paul Oakenfold 'Cinematic' remix) (4:02)
Endsong (Orbital remix) (6:02)
Drone:nodrone (Daniel Avery remix) (5:20)
All I Ever Am (Meera remix) (8:03)
A Fragile Thing (Ame remix) (5:34)
And Nothing Is Forever (Danny Briottet & Rico Conning remix) (5:25)
Warsong (Daybreakers remix) (6:14)
Alone (Four Tet remix) (6:09)
I Can Never Say Goodbye (Mental Overdrive remix) (6:44)
And Nothing Is Forever (Cosmodelica Electric Eden remix) (6:26)
A Fragile Thing (Sally C remix) (4:26)
Endsong (Gregor Tresher remix) (6:05)
Warsong (Omid 16B remix) (6:06)
Drone:nodrone (Anja Schneider remix) (4:58)
Alone (Shanti Celeste 'February Blues' remix) (5:55)
All I Ever Am (Mura Masa remix) (6:24)
I Can Never Say Goodbye (Craven Faults rework) (8:16)
Drone:nodrone (Joycut 'Anti-Gravitational' remix) (6:00)
And Nothing Is Forever (Trentemoller rework) (4:57)
Warsong (Chino Moreno remix) (3:50)
Alone (Ex-Easter Island Head remix) (4:17)
All I Ever Am (65daysofstatic remix) (4:28)
A Fragile Thing (The Twilight Sad remix) (4:27)
Endsong (Mogwai remix) (10:45)
Review: This expanded vinyl edition of mixes of The Cure's latest LP plays like a love letter to distortion, atmosphere and the spaces in between. Robert Smith i the Crawley-born architect of dream-pop dread i doesn't just sign off on the remixes; he threads them into something tactile and deeply referential. On wax, everything breathes more. Craven Faults' rework of 'I Can Never Say Goodbye' stretches across the grooves like a slow fog; you can almost hear the reverb decay. Trentemoller's version of 'And Nothing Is Forever' pulses with distant thunder, while Ex-Easter Island Head bring a kind of percussive drone minimalism that feels at once ancient and alien. The inclusion of post-rock outliers like Mogwai and 65daysofstatic leans into the format's cinematic sprawl i these are not just remixes but alternate timelines. Smith curates the artwork, adds handwritten notes, sketches, fragments of ephemera i each fold and crease of the tri-gatefold sleeve feels intentional. Even the sequencing feels weighted: Four Tet and Anja Schneider on one end, Twilight Sad and Moreno on the other. This isn't just a deluxe package i it's a monument. A showcase of how far The Cure's music can stretch, bend and re-form without losing that original ache.
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