Today, we announce Pictures of You: A compilation of covers of songs by The Cure in aid of MIND. Inspired by our ten days of the Cure back in February we put the call out for cover versions and the response was overwhelming.
Pre-orders are now open on Bandcamp today, Friday the 7th of July on the anniversary of The Cure’s first ever gig. Those who pre-order for £5 will receive, Hamish Brown & Andrew Eaton-Lewis‘s take on ‘Let’s Go To Bed’ a mischievous synth pop stomper with a nods to Depeche Mode and Human League , Julianne Regan’s haunting version of ‘The Drowning Man’, Iceblynk‘s glorious tumbling gaze pop rework of ‘The Exploding boy’ and Welsh band Lunar Bird‘s dreamy redrawing of ‘Fascination Street’, ahead of the full release on Friday 4th of August. All profits from the release will go to the Mind mental health charity.
It’s an incredibly eclectic selection of covers of songs by The Cure that takes in straight ahead takes, synth pop reinterpretations, EDM reimaginings, grunge rock reworks, post-punk noise and haunting dream pop takes, with just the right amount of weirdness along the way. It’s all done with affection for one of Britain’s best bands!
It follows the release of our R.E.M. covers compilation on Bandcamp raising £5000 for Help Musicians in 2021, winning the endorsement of the band in the process and last year’s Kylie Minogue compilation that made over £1000 in aid of Macmillan Cancer charity,
Thank you to all of the bands, artists and labels involved. Plus Kevin Alvir for the fantastic cover artwork.
Tracklist
INVESTIGATOR- Just like Heaven
Hamish Brown & Andrew Eaton Lewis – Let’s Go To Bed
Julianne Regan – The Drowning Man
Iceblynk – The Exploding Boy
Lunar Bird – Fascination Street
Lille Venn – In-between Days
Parenthesis Dot Dot Dot – Push
Wynona Bleach – Why Can’t I Be You?
PA/ST – Strange Day
Body in the Thames – Close To Me
Untitled art – Disintegration
Shadow Forest – A Forest
chuchu jelly – Pictures of You
Sean Buckley – Just like The Cure
Kids love surf – Just Like Heaven
The Heart Attack – Acks – All I Want
Tom Emlyn – Fascination Street
Eureka California – The Caterpillar
Broken Bear – Let’s Go To Bed
birddog – Catch
Charley Stone – Primary
Bye Gemini – Burn
The Lowest Bitter – Six Different Ways
The Silence Kit – Winter
Katie Lass – In-between days
Dark Kards – Grinding Halt
Pocket Lint – The Kiss
Mute Branches – A Strange Day
Hens Bens – Bananafishbones
dunkie – In Your House
The Valley Ghouls – Fire in Cairo
Good grief – In-between days
Rob Britton – Friday I’m In love
You the living – One Hundred Years
Idiac featuring Sarah Quirke – A Man Inside My Mouth
Sonny Black y Hecho – Shake Dog Shake
David Rosen – The Hanging Garden
chuchu jelly – Six Different Ways
Small Miracles – In-between Days
Us Frail Gods – All Cats Are Grey
Danswell and the symptoms – Burn
Stuck Sunsets – Pictures of you
Kid Tigrrr – To Wish Impossible Things
Gronk – Kyoto song
Artwork by Kevin Alvir
