The Hurting VIRGIN/UMR
Early 80s landmark still dazzles with candour and invention.
If, 40 years ago, Tears For Fears’ debut saw them dismissed in some grumpy quarters as ‘just’ a pretty-boy synthpop duo, time and tide have very much shifted that perspective. Their musical to the epic sweep of last year’s triumphant comeback, . They always contained multitudes. The pair have openly discussed their love of early Genesis, King Crimson, Robert Wyatt and Pink Floyd, and over the years their themes have incorporated philosophy, mortality and Thatcher-bashing
