By the time I heard the second single, A Fragile Thing, it certainly had my attention. That song is so sad and so good... it felt like those earlier songs that I've obsessed over this year... so I was suddenly looking forward to the full album.
On release day, I assumed it would be easy enough to grab a copy of the record at the local store. I checked online, and could see that they had a few copies of the retail exclusive colored vinyl, and then a day or so later they were all gone. I did not expect them to sell out so quickly. Not wanting to settle on the black vinyl, I hit Discogs and grabbed one for a few dollars more. The grey vinyl looks good with the cover, so it was worth the extra money for me.One of the things that attracted me to The Cure last year was the refreshing change that style of music was for me. I'd spent the entire Trump presidency and insurrection angry as fuck. Emotionally, they were hard times, and once Biden was in office and things settled down a bit, discovering music like The Cure felt really fucking good. It was refreshing and soothed those jagged parts of my brain. My jaw finally unclenched and muscles released some tension. It felt good to just wallow in sad and reflective emotions for a bit. Then last week, the US voted the fascist back into power. I don't know if I can face that again right now. Leave me the fuck alone... I'm just gonna hide inside this Cure record.