In between days - Dave Thompson

The Cure are one of the most respected and well-loved of rock's survivors, traceable right back to punk's fabled Bromley Contingent.In Between Daysis the first book to make sense of a uniquely versatile band who are far more than the goth band, documenting their development from the new wave of 1979'sBoys Don't Cry, the existential rock ofSeventeen Seconds, the joyous pop ofWish, the dark beauty ofDisintegration-right up to the majesty ofBloodflowersand 2004'sThe Cure, consecutive twenty-first-century masterpieces.

In Between Daysalso studies Robert Smith's brilliant interweaving of literary influences, from Mervyn Peake and Coleridge to Albert Camus and Jean Cocteau, to make a fascinating album-by-album, track-by-track study.