Three Imaginary Boys - The Cure

a recording contract. However, the band terminated their contract with Hansa after they felt that their artistic freedom was being compromised. Subsequently, the band shortened their name to T The Cure and sent demo tapes out to a number of major record labels. It would be the label Fiction, derived from Polydor records, which would ultimately sign The Cure and be their home for a number of years. Opening song, 10:15 Saturday Night, had originally been the b-side to their debut single, Killing an Arab. It is the ideal album opener, with the slinky guitar work slowly increasing into earshot before Smith reels off his now iconic lyric, "...and the tap drips, drip, ...

Three Imaginary Boys - The Cure

The Cure s first album is much different to The gothic style they would subsequently become known for, rooted more in the post-punk style of bands like the Boomtown Rats, but actually any good. A far cry from the keyboard-drenched soundscapes they would be producing ten years down the line, these songs are fairly minimal and almost reggae in spirit, based around the repetition of simple guitar lines and lyrics for several minutes until the band decides to move on to the next. Many of these songs still noticeably belong to the band s eighties sound, especially those such as 10.15 Saturday Night with its lovelorn lyrics and the comparably atmospheric Three Imaginary ...