Dead Can Dance, early Bauhaus, or attending imaginary midnight masses in abandoned churches.
Missa X does not appear in The Cure’s official discography. Instead, it circulates in deeper fan circles as a dark, reimagined “mass” — a seamless blend of live rarities, instrumental passages, and recontextualized deep cuts from Pornography , Disintegration , and Faith . The “X” suggests both the tenth (imaginary) studio album and a kiss (as in ‘X marks the spot’) — fitting for a project obsessed with despair, ritual, and fleeting redemption. the cure missa x
Rating: 8/10