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KP says: The Cure - Hypnagogic States (EP)   Rating: Rating: 4/6   
Updated: 2008-09-18 21:37:36    Type:  cd/vinyl review     English  View Comment Details   
This one is a remix EP containing remixes of all four single A-sides from the forthcoming album. The album should be out on October 13 and should be entitled 4:13 Dream.

The Only One is actually more interesting than the single version. Something about the mix makes it a better song. It's still not a top-class The Cure song, but still it sounds better than the single. Remixed by "30 Seconds To Mars".

Freakshow was an excellent single release, and this one is not quite as brilliant. This is a techno mix with a pumping drumbeat, and it kinda spoils much of the fun. Guess it could be okay for a party...but I would pick the single version any day. Remixed by "Jade Puget - (AFI)"

Sleep When I'm Dead is a damn good song, and this mix is also quite good. I think it is just as good as the single version, and so it must be almost perfect. Remixed by "Gerard Way - (MCR) And Julien- K".

The Perfect Boy wasn't exactly perfect as a single. The song isn't quite good enough, and I guess this remix isn't much better. But all in all it sounds okay. Remixed by "Pete Wentz And Patrick Stump - (FOB)"

Exploding Head Syndrome runs for 21:26 and has been remixed by "65 Days Of Static", the band that opened for The Cure on their European Tour in the spring of 2008. I didn't like them then, and I don't fancy this remix much either. It contains all four singles in it, but most of the vocals by Robert Smith have been distorted, and it gets annoying quite early on. If you like your remixes noisy and distorted, you may like this one. It's not that I hate it, because some of it is interesting enough, but it just doesn't sound like I like and love The Cure to sound.

At the end of the day this is not a bad remix EP. With a total playing time of 37:06 you certainly get some value for your money.

[2008, Geffen]
 
The Cure - Hypnagogic States (EP) (cd/vinyl review)
 
Cd/vinyl reviews:
The Cure - Remastered Albums  ♦  The Cure - The Only One (mix 13)  ♦  The Cure - Freakshow (mix 13)  ♦  The Cure - Sleep When I'm Dead (mix 13)  ♦  The Cure - The Perfect Boy (mix 13)  ♦  The Cure - 4:13 Dream  ♦  The Cure - Disintegration [deluxe edition]  ♦  The Raveonettes - Raven In The Grave  ♦  The Cure - Bestival Live 2011  ♦  The Foreign Resort - EP  ♦  David Bowie : Blackstar
 
Concert reviews:
The Cure - Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark - 2008-02-13 - Live  ♦  The Raveonettes - Vega, Copenhagen - Live - 2011-12-10   ♦  Roskilde Festival 2012 is over and here's a few afterthoughts  ♦  The Cure - Apollo Hammersmith, London - 2014-12-21 + 22  ♦  The Cure @ Forum - Copenhagen, Live, 2016-10-14  ♦  Amanda Palmer - Bremen Teater, Copenhagen, Live, 2019-10-11
 
Dvd/bluray reviews:
The Cure - Festival 2005  ♦  The Cure - "40 Live (Curætion-25 + Anniversary)"
 
Movie reviews:
"It" [2017]
 
Music comments:
30 albums I would take with me to a galaxy far far way  ♦  KP's quick guide to Roskilde Festival 2012  ♦  25 albums I would take with me to a galaxy far far way  ♦  The year of shit named 2016 - KP's "Best of vs. Worst of"  ♦  Bye baj 2018, Hej Haj 2019  ♦  New records added to my collection - 2019  ♦  KP's Top 3 of über cool shiznit in year 2019
 
Album reviews:
The Cure Albums
 
Music photos:
The Cure - Live @ Forum, Copenhagen - Photos  ♦  The Cure - Live @ Forum, Copenhagen 2016 - Photos  ♦  The Cure - Live @ Apollo Hammersmith, London 2014 - Photos 1/2  ♦  The Cure - Live @ Apollo Hammersmith, London 2014 - Photos 2/2  ♦  Roskilde Festival 2012.