just like heaven

The Lumineers' cover of The Cure’s 1987 new wave standard arrives via Dualtone with stripped-down folk sensibility intact. Sparse acoustic guitar and David Longstreth’s intimate vocal delivery replace Robert Smith’s synth-driven melancholy, transforming the original’s gothic romance into something more brittle and immediate. It’s a reimagining that respects the source material while asserting the band’s own aesthetic—folk-pop restraint meeting post-punk’s emotional core.