In a move sure to keep him in eyeliner and hockey jerseys for years to come, NME reports that the Cure's Robert Smith is working on Ashlee Simpson's new album. Despite being the obvious overlap in the unlikely duo's Mall Pop/ Goth Rock Venn diagram, Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz refused to take credit for further sullying our Smith hero worship, saying:
"I doubt I had anything to do with it, 'cause they were friends since she was performing in 'Chicago'. But I definitely only have good things to say about Ash - I think the collaboration could be great."
You know, the last time ol' pasty Rob ghost wrote for a less than wildly talented girl singer, on the Glove's 1983 album Blue Sunshine, it turned out pretty well. Maybe they should take a page from that band's history and keep this record out of print for twenty years just to be safe.