S8E439 - The Cure 'Faith' with Josh Hight
Detroit-born artist Josh Hight - now based in Lewes, East Sussex - brings us The Cure and their enigmatic third record, 'Faith'. For this 1981 release, Robert Smith and co. reached deep down into their souls and produced an album of dark, melancholically bleak-yet-beautiful music.
Songs discussed in this episode: Primary (The Cure cover) - The Dandy Warhols; Atrocity Exhibition - Joy Division; Plainsong - The Cure; In His Wake - PINES; Facing - IRONS; I Was Only Fifteen - PINES; The Holy Hour, Primary - The Cure; Photographic - Depeche Mode; Other Voices, Killing An Arab - The Cure; Dead Angels Make Slow Sound - Detachment Kit; All Cats Are Grey - The Cure; Atmosphere - Joy Division; The Funeral Party - The Cure; We'll Let You Know - Morrissey; Doubt, The Drowning Man, Faith - The Cure; It's Over - Roy Orbison; Uriel - PINES
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Josh Hight
Musician
PINES is the new project from Detroit-born artist Josh Hight, now based in Lewes, East Sussex. A professional photographer and director, Hight’s creative work lives at the intersection of image, sound, and emotion. He was a member of early 2000s post-punk outfit The Detachment Kit, and later released music under the solo moniker Irons, developing a voice that is raw, cinematic, and steeped in atmosphere.
His debut EP as PINES, In His Wake, is a four-song collection shaped by grief, memory, and myth. It’s intimate and expansive, fusing the weight of lived experience with a sense of mysticism and emotional pull.
The title track, “In His Wake,” is a reflection on being the only surviving child in a family touched by loss—haunted by absence but also frustrated by the dullness and complacency of adulthood. “Fifteen” explores a formative relationship marked by imbalance, looking back on it through the lens of maturity, with all its contradictions intact. “Uriel” is a ritual invocation—part hymn, part apocalyptic prayer—calling to the archangel in a time of digital saturation, collapse, and the possibility of transcendence.
Hight met producer Richard Norris at a Stone Club event in London, where they discovered they lived minutes from each other in Lewes. What began as a collaboration on film soundtracks soon evolved into a deeper creative partnership. The EP was recorded at Norris’ Metal Box Studios in Lewes.
Norris—whose first production was Jack the Tab with Genesis P-Orridge of Psychic TV—brings decades of sonic exploration to the project. H… Read More