The Cure elaborates on album details, disapproves of iTunes
After four singles, an extensive U.S. tour, and working and re-working on a title, The Cure are now ready to talks some specifics about the upcoming 4:13 Dream. In his one of a kind blogging style via the band’s website, big-haired and black eyelinered front man Robert Smith took time recently to reveal numerous details about the band’s thirteenth full-length, including its release date (October 28 in the U.S. and October 27 in the UK), cover artwork, and the names of the effort’s 13 tracks (see below).
But based on a separate blog posting, we’re willing to bet that 4:13 Dream won’t be hitting iTunes anytime soon. Discussing the recently released, remix heavy, Hypnagogic States EP, Smith voiced his dissatisfaction at the Apple owned music outlet for selling the digital copy at too high of a price…
PLEASE DONT BUY HYPNAGOGIC STATES EP FROM ITUNES FOR £7.99
IT IS ABSURD!
TMU HAS MANAGED TO FUCK THIS UP TO ANOTHER LEVEL!
MY EMAIL TO THEM TODAY IS BELOW
ITS EASIER THAN WRITING IT OUT AGAIN NICELY…
(THOSE OFFENDED BY COLOURFUL LANGUAGE LOOK AWAY NOW)>
DEAR…
I FUCKING DESPAIR
AGAINHYPNAGOGIC STATES EP IS NOW UP ON UK ITUNES…
5 TRACKS FOR £7.99?
FOR FUCKS SAKE!AND THE PACKAGE IS COMPLETEY MISSING THE EXTRA BONUS TRACK (65DOS ALT REMIX OF “THE ONLY ONE”)
SO
YOU CAN BUY THE FOUR REMIXES BY 30STM/AFI/MCR/FOB INDIVIDUALLY FOR 79P EACH…BUT YOU ONLY GET THE 65DOS “EXPLODING HEAD SYNDROME” REMIX OF ALL FOUR SINGLES IF YOU PAY £7.99 FOR “THE ALBUM”…
IE YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO PAY £4.83 FOR THE 65DOS REMIX… !!!
WHO THE FUCK IS GOING TO PAY THIS AND NOT FEEL TOTALLY RIPPED OFF?IT’S NOT A FUCKING ALBUM!
IT’S A 5 TRACK EP
AND YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO GET AN EXTRA FREE TRACK (THE 65DOS REMIX OF “THE ONLY ONE”) IF YOU BUY IT AS A 5 TRACK EP
AND ITS SUPPOSED TO COST LESS IF YOU BUY IT AS A 5 TRACK EP THAN IF YOU BUY THE 5 TRACKS INDIVIDUALLY…THAT IS WHAT WAS AGREED
THIS IS SO TOTALLY WRONG
I REALLY DO FUCKING DESPAIRWHY IS IT SO INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO GET ANYTHING DONE RIGHT?
PLEASE FIX THIS NOW
>
I AM POSTING THIS AS I FEEL
UPSET!
ANYWAY
PLEASE ONLY BUY THIS 5 TRACK EP FROM ITUNES WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE FOR AROUND £4.00 OR LESS AND YOU GET THE FREE 65DOS T.O.O REMIX - IT’S FAB AND THE MONEY (WELL - OUR SHARE OF IT!) IS GOING TO A GOOD CAUSE…THIS GOES FOR ANY OTHER ITUNES STORES AROUND THE WORLD
LIKE JAPAN…
ONWARDS…
RSX
As if he didn’t come across crazy enough, The Cure front man also hinted that a follow up to the new disc may in fact be released before 2009…
“MORE EXCITING NEWS ABOUT STUFF AND STUFF IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS…
RSX
PS
TAKING BETS NOW AGAINST ‘DARK ALBUM’ COMPANION PIECE OUT BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY 2009… HA!OR NOT SO HA…”
4:13 Dream Tracklist:
01. “Underneath the Stars”
02. “The Only One”
03. “The Reasons Why”
04. “Freakshow”
05. “Sirensong”
06. “The Real Snow White”
07. “The Hungry Ghost”
08. “Switch”
09. “The Perfect Boy”
10. “This. Here and Now. With You”
11. “Sleep When I’m Dead”
12. “The Scream”
13. “It’s Over”
I cant fucking wait.
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