Today The Cure announced on Twitter the release of a 1990 demo of “Cut“, which will be included on their upcoming Wish 30th-anniversary reissue. The special deluxe edition of the band’s ninth studio album, which was announced last month, will be released on October 7th through UMC/Fiction/Polydor. The special edition will have four songs that are appearing for the first time on CD and digital platforms, as well as 24 previously unreleased tracks, including instrumentals, rare 12″ mixes, and demos. You can pre-order the special edition here.
You can now listen to the 1990 demo version of ‘Cut’ taken from the 30th anniversary expanded edition of ‘Wish’. Watch the lyric video or stream now at https://t.co/YgtomT263z pic.twitter.com/UAM8DmCcpT
— The Cure (@thecure) August 26, 2022
The band had already released “Uyea Sound” from the 30th-anniversary reissue, a song that had up until now only been available on their 1993 Lost Wishes cassette, following it up today with the demo of “Cut” to promote the upcoming release. The track was recorded during the demo sessions for Wish at Farmyard Studios in the Cotswolds. NME reported the band’s frontman Robert Smith’s thoughts on the song, “[It] was about a longstanding relationship I had that was suddenly and unexpectedly starting to fracture.” Watch the official lyric video for the demo below.
Talking to NME this may Smith confirmed that the reissue project for Wish was pretty much complete, saying: “I’ve just finished doing the ‘Wish’ remaster, and there are so many of Simon’s [Gallup’s, bassist] demos that never got past the demo stage and remained instrumental – purely because I couldn’t think of any words for them. That’s really sad because some of them were really great!” Smith continued: “They’re all coming out as instrumentals, and I think there are about 36 unreleased songs coming out on the package. That’s the same every time we do anything. There’s always loads of music, and a lot of it is Simon’s. I just run out of words!”
On revisiting the album in 2022, he said, “There’s a side to the album which I had kind of forgotten, a very gentle, yearning thing which is quite beautiful.” Smith went on, “‘Trust’ is one of the best things we’ve ever done I think, it’s played with great feeling, and ‘To Wish Impossible Things’ is another gorgeous, melancholic piece… in fact it could well be my favourite song on the record.”
Wish was originally released in 1992, reaching Number One on the UK charts and Number Two on the US Billboard 200. The record has the singles “High”, “A letter To Elise”, and one of their most well-known songs, “Friday I’m In Love”, which reached number six on the UK charts.
Talking at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 back in March, Smith told NME that their much-anticipated new album will be called Songs Of A Lost World, explaining, “It’s got artwork, it’s got a running order, it’s almost done! They’re so slow because of vinyl, but it might come in September. I’d rather it just came out. I can’t stand the anticipation.” In May he confirmed with the magazine, “We will be playing from October and the new album will be out before then”.
The Cure will be touring UK and Ireland this December, dates are below and tickets are available here.
01/12/22 – 3Arena – Dublin
02/12 – SSE – Belfast
04/12 – OVO Hydro – Glasgow
06/12 – First Direct Arena – Leeds
07/12 – Utilita Arena – Birmingham
08/12 – Mortorpoint Arena – Cardiff
11/12 – The Wembley OVO Arena – London
12/12 – The Wembley OVO Arena – London
13/12 – The Wembley OVO Arena – London
