Don’t call them a pop band. Yes, Tears for Fears released some of the biggest chart-toppers of the ’80s, from “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” to “Shout.” But main songwriter and vocalist Roland Orzabal and bassist and co-songwriter Curt Smith say they are operating in a far different genre now with their latest album, The Tipping Point, their first in 17 years.
“It’s like getting blood out of a stone, making a Tears for Fears record,” Orzabal saysvia Zoom. But when he looks at contemporaries that
