Autumnal, immersive, elemental: The Cure’s Disintegration turns 30

The Cure’s remarkable eighth album Disintegration turns 30 this month – and I wrote about it here for the NME. Go have a look!

Oh, and if you’ve never listened to the album before, go have a listen – it’s a beautiful, bleak and broken-hearted wander through Robert Smith’s anguished state-of-mind as he contemplated his own 30th birthday.

Smudged lipstick optional but recommended…