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Smith had been a longtime fan of the band and frequently mentioned them as one of his favorites.  JoyCut described receiving the call from Smith as a \"cosmic caress\" and a major motivation to persevere in their career.\n\nAfter the 2018 festival, Smith noted that JoyCut was one of the bands that inspired him while he was writing new material for The Cure.\n\nHe then invited them to participate in the remix album Mixes of a Lost World. 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Recorded backstage at Livid Festival in Brisbane, Australia in 2000, the track is a perfect example of how two different vocals, music styles, viewpoints, and personalities can use the same song to display their individual art. It’s a triumph.\n\nThe beauty of this particular cover lies in the juxtaposing movements of each band. Although Robert Smith and the band pay tribute to the song’s artistry and Ian Curtis’ inspiring songcraft, they turn the song into something you’d expect to hear on The Cure’s next album.","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"},{"id":3632427,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3632427/?format=json","airdate":"2026-03-22T16:21:39-07:00","show":66252,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66252/?format=json","image_uri":"https://ia800802.us.archive.org/13/items/mbid-fb388a7c-eacf-456e-a714-f7259eee294d/mbid-fb388a7c-eacf-456e-a714-f7259eee294d-36147598111_thumb500.jpg","thumbnail_uri":"https://dn721807.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-fb388a7c-eacf-456e-a714-f7259eee294d/mbid-fb388a7c-eacf-456e-a714-f7259eee294d-36147598111_thumb250.jpg","song":"No Love Lost","track_id":"986d719b-aa44-3864-88f1-9eb4acf70d23","recording_id":"0f6b4dbc-6744-483e-b940-344c1d7ce1fe","artist":"LCD Soundsystem","artist_ids":["2aaf7396-6ab8-40f3-9776-a41c42c8e26b"],"album":"All My Friends","release_id":"fb388a7c-eacf-456e-a714-f7259eee294d","release_group_id":"7dd6b9b8-1589-3489-acb7-21201ba7f858","labels":["DFA Records"],"label_ids":["32d02635-98fc-4405-94e1-e5b06f9d2025"],"release_date":"2007-01-01","rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"Six Degrees of Robert Smith/The Cure!\n\nJames Murphy sang on the previous track, \"Los Angeles\" by Lol Tolhurst, Budgie, and Jacknife Lee.\n\n\"No Love Lost\" is a cover of \"No Love Lost\" by Joy Division.\n\nOf the original, Peter Hook said, \"Lyrically, I was struck by 'No Love Lost,' especially the spoken-word verse, an extract from House of Dolls (not the last time Ian [Curtis] found inspiration in that book, of course…) I think you could point to that EP as beginning the moment that he truly began to find his feet in his writing and singing. 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The songs seemed to flow out of him and he didn’t put a foot wrong after that point, didn’t write a single bad lyric after An Ideal for Living, right up until his death.\"","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"},{"id":3632425,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3632425/?format=json","airdate":"2026-03-22T16:15:35-07:00","show":66252,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66252/?format=json","image_uri":"https://dn710009.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-13a1ad9f-c0b0-406b-9628-e6c319ace2f3/mbid-13a1ad9f-c0b0-406b-9628-e6c319ace2f3-37166814938_thumb500.jpg","thumbnail_uri":"https://ia800600.us.archive.org/8/items/mbid-13a1ad9f-c0b0-406b-9628-e6c319ace2f3/mbid-13a1ad9f-c0b0-406b-9628-e6c319ace2f3-37166814938_thumb250.jpg","song":"Los Angeles (feat. 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It was fantastic. 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Hearing someone that we’ve all looked up to for so long sing and play one of our songs is definitely one of the most surreal moments we’ve ever had.\" https://tinyurl.com/8f4cuf56","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"},{"id":3632409,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3632409/?format=json","airdate":"2026-03-22T15:37:02-07:00","show":66252,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66252/?format=json","image_uri":"https://dn720706.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-11d5ab46-00b8-4300-bd8e-a72407ae43bf/mbid-11d5ab46-00b8-4300-bd8e-a72407ae43bf-42231299331_thumb500.jpg","thumbnail_uri":"https://dn720706.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-11d5ab46-00b8-4300-bd8e-a72407ae43bf/mbid-11d5ab46-00b8-4300-bd8e-a72407ae43bf-42231299331_thumb250.jpg","song":"A Fragile Thing (Twilight Sad remix)","track_id":"70f283c5-d91d-4d00-97bf-5c230fc9793d","recording_id":"d0b607c7-2b2e-4c04-8be8-6791eab9aabe","artist":"The Cure","artist_ids":["69ee3720-a7cb-4402-b48d-a02c366f2bcf"],"album":"Mixes of a Lost World","release_id":"11d5ab46-00b8-4300-bd8e-a72407ae43bf","release_group_id":"0ef1d20b-847b-4034-9ec2-a9854cd1f9a8","labels":["Polydor"],"label_ids":["ce24ab18-1bd6-4293-a486-546d13d6a5e2"],"release_date":"2025-06-13","rotation_status":"Library","is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"Six Degrees of Robert Smith/The Cure!\n\nGrant Hutchison, drummer for Frightened Rabbit and brother of the late Scott Hutchison, became a full-time member of The Twilight Sad in 2022.\n\nBoth bands grew up together in the Scottish music scene, often touring together. The Twilight Sad (James Graham/Andy MacFarlane) also supported Scott Hutchison's solo project, Owl John.\n\nFollowing Scott Hutchison's passing in 2018, The Twilight Sad regularly covered Frightened Rabbit's \"Keep Yourself Warm\" in tribute to their close friend, often with Grant on drums.","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"},{"id":3632406,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3632406/?format=json","airdate":"2026-03-22T15:33:21-07:00","show":66252,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66252/?format=json","image_uri":"https://dn721906.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-8bc361f4-0b80-35c9-8372-bb7c664d8d85/mbid-8bc361f4-0b80-35c9-8372-bb7c664d8d85-44099016079_thumb500.jpg","thumbnail_uri":"https://dn721906.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-8bc361f4-0b80-35c9-8372-bb7c664d8d85/mbid-8bc361f4-0b80-35c9-8372-bb7c664d8d85-44099016079_thumb250.jpg","song":"The Modern Leper","track_id":"957bd4be-5b07-3380-8e7f-04cd426a5cbe","recording_id":"d41a0f92-9abb-4ff5-8785-c822fc3064a9","artist":"Frightened Rabbit","artist_ids":["dc21d171-7204-4759-9fd0-77d031aeb40c"],"album":"The Midnight Organ Fight","release_id":"8bc361f4-0b80-35c9-8372-bb7c664d8d85","release_group_id":"4bf978f8-0408-37f0-961f-a492bad0159c","labels":["FatCat Records"],"label_ids":["21d42a26-b50d-4d1b-8494-ec07922919ce"],"release_date":"2008-04-15","rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"Six Degrees of Robert Smith/The Cure!\n\nCHVRCHES and Lauren Mayberry are active supporters of Tiny Changes, a youth mental health charity established by the Hutchison family in Scott's memory.\n\nMembers of both Chvrches and Frightened  Rabbit shared professional and personal spaces over a decade, including studios, dressing rooms, and vans. 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Doherty reveals that working on \"How Not to Drown\" with Robert Smith was an emotional full-circle moment for him.\n\n\"I wouldn’t be in a band if it wasn’t for Disintegration and Pornography,\" he reveals. \"So when Robert got back to us and said that he was interested in collaboration…. we never truly thought that it would come to fruition. After it had gone quiet for a little while, we get this demo of the blue on Halloween, no less. From Robert. With him singing. And it was everything that we hoped it would be and more.\n\n\"I can’t overstate how much of an influence The Cure are on my music, on me as a producer and me as a writer. 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The title is an anagram of \"The Cure.\"\n\nBoth The Associates' album (The Affectionate Punch) and The Cure's album (Faith) were produced by Mike Hedges.","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"},{"id":3632400,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3632400/?format=json","airdate":"2026-03-22T15:20:46-07:00","show":66252,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66252/?format=json","image_uri":"https://coverartarchive.org/release/28c75854-a82c-4d4c-a6c4-88edf5b95edd/18465120327-500.jpg","thumbnail_uri":"https://coverartarchive.org/release/28c75854-a82c-4d4c-a6c4-88edf5b95edd/18465120327-250.jpg","song":"The Affectionate Punch","track_id":null,"recording_id":"696f0e6e-9330-4342-b31a-b8c48823c85e","artist":"The Associates","artist_ids":["dc78f9b6-afcd-46d6-894e-2149f40a4884"],"album":"The Affectionate Punch","release_id":null,"release_group_id":"b5d4ab5a-b305-38af-b7d0-be96b3a54d5a","labels":[],"label_ids":[],"release_date":"1980-08-01","rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"Six Degrees of The Cure/Robert Smith!\n\nProduced by Mike Hedges, who also produced The Cure's Seventeen Seconds.  Robert Smith provided backing vocals on The Associates' 1980 debut album, The Affectionate Punch, and is specifically credited with backing vocals on the title track, \"The Affectionate Punch.\" \n\nThe Associates were an influential Scottish post-punk and synth-pop band formed in Dundee in 1979 by vocalist Billy Mackenzie and multi-instrumentalist Alan Rankine","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}]}