New album before the end of March 20XXX!

hmmmm... I hate to say this, but I'm not sure that they have the capability to write an album's worth of exemplary material, be it musically and/or lyrically. To me, any song on Disintegration (except Love Song) is top shelf material, the same goes for every song on Wish, except for Doing The Unstuck, but that has some amazing guitar work on it via Porl so it almost gets there, but if I review the last two records, then it's not a case of "every song's a winner" like on previous records. They feel rushed lyrically, sonically, they miss the mark, and they feel unfinished. 

I certainly don't feel that same "oh my Bob!, this is amazing!" when I put on "The Cure" or "4:13 Dream". Sure, there are songs on both records that make my jaw drop (ha, i accidentally wrote "draw" there earlier, instead of "jaw" as in "dropping one's drawers (pants) lol), such as "Anniversary", or "It's Over", but overall, those records are "make a playlist of the best songs" albums - which is a shame, tarnishes the legacy of the band, and makes me wonder what the deuce is going on.

This follows on in the new songs. Listen to "It Can Never Be The Same", and then immediately listen to "Step Into The Light".  Surely you can't tell me that both of those songs are of equal calibre. Maybe to some people they are, I know people who have told me that they think all of the songs on 4:13 Dream are excellent, and it's ONLY the production that suffers, rendering the album less than a 10/10, so I'd need to respectfully disagree with them on that, and with anyone who says that these two new songs are as good as each other, therefore I'm tipping another record that's made up of 1/2 excellent songs, and the other half ideas that need to be fleshed out, and / or reworked completely, all topped off with lyrics and melodies that are running at 70% greatness. 

I hope to Bob, I'm wrong, there is nothing more I want than an 11/10 record, and nothing less I don't want (?) than a poor record, so I hope, and I wait.

See, I'm exactly the opposite

High was the soundtrack of my spring that year - came out in March and the Higher mix (along with Curve's Doppelgänger, both of which I still love) soundtracked all my train journeys between gigs for the Cure's warm up tour in April. It's forever tied to travelling, sunny days, meeting people and amazing gigs.



We may have slightly digressed from the new album..

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Yes it's going to be difficult to finish an album in February when they are due on tour March 14th.
Also have past history of this during the 4got album tour of 2008.

Off topic (& you're so very wrong about DTU)

I'm half expecting a good part of the new album to to be recycled material (as has happened before).
That's not really a bad thing. It'll still be unheard/ unreleased previously & That's quite important.
Especially with Roger back in the fold & Reeves in the mix. Really buzzing to hear what he can bring to a studio party.