The Essence
The Essence
Latest Release
- Quem Eu Sou
- February 2024
- • 1 Song
Top Songs
| 1 | Quem Eu Sou | ||
| 2 | Call Me Queen | ||
| 3 | We Gotta Move | ||
| 4 | All Is Empty | ||
| 5 | Thirtysecondsong |
Albums
Jan 2024 • 1 song
Oct 2018 • 1 song
Mar 2018 • 77 songs
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Biography
The Dutch group the Essence are not the Cure in disguise, nor are there Cure members in their lineup; they just sound remarkably like them. The Essence's immediately obvious similarities with the Cure usually cause confusion whenever one of their songs is played on the radio or in a club. Frontman Hans Diener (voice, guitar, synthesizer, piano) is Robert Smith's vocal twin, and tracks like "The Cat" and "A Mirage" duplicate the Cure's layers of dark, swirly guitars with stunning accuracy. Diener formed the Essence in 1984 with Jeroen 'Jerry' Geertsma (bass) and Olaf Willemsen ...