Before I even heard a note off of Change In The Neon Light, comparisons like The Cure mixed with Interpol made me scoff. Yeah right! To begin with, 90% of the time, when I hear comparisons about a band, they are wrong. Most comparisons fall short of expectations, regardless of who is being named, but The Cure, Interpol? It just isn’t possible. Who is going to live up to that reputation? I almost didn’t want to listen to this album because I was dreading disappointment, but then I listened, and I got my answer: Veil Veil Vanish. They live up to that reputation and even hold their own. Had I heard this on the radio with no introduction, I would have thought that The Cure put out a new, less slit-your-wrists-y album. (Now, since most of The Cure’s discography was well before my time, the only Cure comparison I can go off of is Disintegration, which I grew up listening to.) KEEP READING →→
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