The Cure - Three Imaginary BoysBefore they honed their patented blend of dark melodies and gothic textures, The Cure made catchy, if angular, pop punk. Three Imaginary Boys, the band's 1979 debut album. Maybe it was youthful exuberance or perhaps it was the fact that the band itself was not pulling all the strings, Three Imaginary Boys is not only a very strong debut, but a near oddity (it's an admittedly "catchy" record) in The Cure cataloue. More poppy and representative of the

with musical ideas bouncing frantically back and forth

“A ship in harbor is safe

With a chuckle

Ghost Forests musical conversations between Meg Baird (Espers) and Mary Lattmore are intimate

a Dylan Thomas of another age

DePlume purposefully brings together players of different skill levels and different backgrounds so they have to interact differently

'Y Dydd Olaf' blends big themes (including patriarchal society

"Warts and all

Sucking it all in and turning it loose with prejudice

The tracks are all presented in their original single version

andåÊ'Disaster Series'

'Eugene' and 'Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun'