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Beyond The Nightmare Before Christmas (and bad memories of seventh grade, I suppose), there's simply no greater influence on modern arena-emo than the Cure. As a way of saying "thnks fr th mmrs" to the OGs of tuneful teardrops, some of the genre's biggest names have offered up remixes of Cure tunes for an EP titled Hypnagogic States. But they won't be taking on the classics. Nope, all of the remixes will be of songs that are set to appear on the Cure's forthcoming album.

Pete Wentz and Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy do their thing to "The Perfect Boy", decent actor/crappy musician Jared Leto of 30 Seconds to Mars tackles "The Only One", Gerard Way of the mighty My Chemical Romance gives it to "Sleep When I'm Dead", and Jade Puget of AFI has his way with "Freakshow". What's more, Cure tourmates 65 Days of Static turn in "Exploding Head Syndrome", apparently some sort of megamix of all four singles.

The set is due on CD and digitally September 13 from Suretone/Geffen, with all artist royalties going to the International Red Cross. (Everybody involved here is a big fan of blood.)

As for "The Perfect Boy", well, it's not out yet, though that's about to change. The latest single from the Cure's still-untitled LP is due on CD, 7", and digitally August 13 from Suretone/Geffen. It's backed by the non-album B-side "Without You".

The new album is out October 13, pushed back precisely one month since our last report.


Hypnagogic States:

01 The Only One (remixed by Jared Leto from 30 Seconds to Mars)
02 Freakshow (remixed by Jade Puget from AFI)
03 Sleep When I'm Dead (remixed by Gerard Way from My Chemical Romance)
04 The Perfect Boy (remixed by Pete Wentz and Patrick Stump from Fall Out Boy)
05 Exploding Head Syndrome (all four singles, remixed by 65 Days Of Static)