
A polished, Balearic-tinged reimagining of The Cure’s gothic classic. Robert Smith’s haunting vocals drift through layers of shimmering, high-gloss production.
September 15, 2003 · Soundcolours
A Forest represents a fascinating collision between the gloomy, rain-slicked streets of 1980s post-punk and the sun-drenched, high-fidelity luxury of early 2000s chillout. Blank & Jones take the skeletal, anxious energy of the original Cure track and submerge it in a warm bath of digital reverb and Balearic textures. The result is something that feels both deeply familiar and entirely transformed: a gothic anthem reimagined for a sophisticated lounge or a midnight drive. It is the sound of darkness being polished until it shines.
How does A Forest sound next to the rest of Blank & Jones's catalogue?
Forest saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.
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