Watch Lola Young’s blissed-out cover of The Cure’s ‘Close To Me’

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Lola Young has taken on The Cure‘s ‘Close To Me’. Check out her version below.Young recorded the cover of the song, taken from The Cure’s 1985 album ‘The Head on the Door’, for triple j’s Like A Version series.“It’s just a great song.

It’s an incredible song,” she said in a clip explaining her choice of track. “It’s a song that is quite revelationary. Is that a word?

Legendary. It’s very interestingly structured. And it’s the Cure.”The south London singer offers a meditative, stripped-back take on the song, accompanied by a simple, psychedelic guitar.

Check it out below.Last summer, Young’s debut album was given a glowing five-star review from NME, and described as “the most distinctive and daring realisation of her experimental tendencies yet”.“Young’s first full-length album moves with an auteur-like touch to its production; opulent soul set pieces stand tall next to raw, scratchy indie tunes, all of which see the south Londoner face desire in its many complications.