Justin Hawkins has shared his admiration for The Cure and the band’s new material, despite Robert Smith previously saying he isn’t a fan of The Darkness.The comments from The Darkness’ frontman come as The Cure are preparing for the upcoming release of ‘Songs Of A Lost World’.
It’ll be their first album in 16 years, following on from 2008’s ‘4:13 Dream’, and has already been previewed by the lead single ‘Alone’.On Sunday night (October 6), the post-punk icons dropped a teaser of the second single ‘A Fragile Thing’ via the group’s fan WhatsApp channel and mailing list.
They would go on to share another preview on their social media channels yesterday (7).The upcoming song – which is set to arrive tomorrow, ahead of the album release on November 1 – has already debuted alongside ‘Alone’ at a 2022 show, and has been a frequent part of the band’s live setlists in the time since.Now, Justin Hawkins has shared his thoughts on the new Cure material, and revealed that he considers Smith to be one of his favourite vocalists, even though the frontman dislikes The Darkness.The comments from Smith first came in a 2004 Rolling Stone interview where he said: “I can honestly say I hated Queen and everything that they did.
To have that rehashed [with The Darkness] and reheated for a second time around is pretty weird. So, no, I don’t like the Darkness at all.
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