• Early Symptoms pulls back the curtain on the formative years of The Cure, tracing the Crawley group's evolution from bright-eyed, punk-inflected pop-melodists into the architects of atmospheric dread.

• Drawn from rare radio sessions, early studio demos, and foundational 1977–1981 recordings, this release serves as an essential historical document for collectors and longtime devotees.

• Features blistering early takes of foundational cuts like Boys Don't Cry, Meathook, and A Forest in their most embryonic, ferocious forms.

 

SIDE A:

1. See The Children 3:08

2. Meathook 2:25

3. Pillbox Tales 2:27

4. I Just Need Myself 2:22

5. I Want To Be Old 2:35

6. Boys Don't Cry 2:41

7. Pillbox Tales 3:02

Total side length – 18:40

 

SIDE B:

8. World War 2:45

9. Do The Hansa 2:45

10. Accuracy 2:10

11. Subway Song 2:38

12. Plastic Passion 2:22

13. Grinding Halt 2:57

14. Desperate Journalist 2:48

Total side length – 18:25

 

SIDE C:

15. Jumping Someone Else's Train 5:17

16. Into The Trees 4:10

17. A Forest 6:09

18. Seventeen Seconds 4:03

Total side length – 19:39

 

SIDE D:

19. Play For Today 3:46

20. M 3:06

21. A Forest 6:11

22. Figurehead 6:22

Total side length – 19:25