The thing is The Cure has always dealt in sounscapes - it's just that the technology wasn't there yet. If you listen closely you can hear everything great about albums like Disintegration and Songs of a Lost World all the way back in like 1982.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xik-y0xlpZ0&list=RDxik-y0xlpZ0&start_radio=1
