The Cure is perhaps as influential as 80s bands get. The post-punk groups’s emotive love songs famously evolve from despair to euphoria and back again with a casual elegance achieved by very few. So who - or what? - inspired enraptured heart-wrenchers like “Just Like Heaven” and “Pictures of You”? We’ll give you one guess :) This week when we deep dive into the band that seamlessly bridged pop, new wave, punk, goth, grunge, and dirgey rock and left a mark on the hearts of so many.