Today, we announce details of 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.
Below we exclusively reveal the track list. Pre-orders will open on Bandcamp tomorrow, Friday the 7th of July on the anniversary of The Cure’s first ever gig. Those who pre-order will receive the covers by Hamish Brown & Andrew Eaton Lewis, Julianne Regan, Iceblynk and Lunar Bird ahead of the full release on Friday 4th of August.
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 Beach
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
CJ-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
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
Good grief – In-between days
Rob Britton – Friday I’m In love
The Valley Ghouls. We’ve got a cover of Fire in Cairo
You the living – One Hundred Years
Idiac featuring Sarah Quirke – A Man Inside My Mouth
Sonny Black y Hecho – Shake Dog Shake
Good grief – In-between days
David Rosen – The Hanging Garden
chuchu jelly -MT – Six Different Ways
Small Miracles – In-between Days
Us Frail Gods – All Cats Are Grey
Danswell and the symptoms – Burn
Kid Tigrrr – To Wish Impossible Things
Gronk – Kyoto song
Artwork by Kevin Alvir