The band will release their 14th studio album ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ this Friday (November 1st), marking their first full-length effort since 2008’s ‘4:13 Dream’. Robert Smith and co. have already shared two singles from the project, ‘Alone’ and ‘A Fragile Thing’.
The 16-year wait for their 14th record is finally over! And with it comes 16 years of weight, of loss, of grief, of struggle, all permeating the lyrical and instrumental content with a deep gravity that will be all too familiar for those also scarred and bruised by life’s indiscriminate knocks.
Fortunately, it sounds absolutely huge and just like the spectral Cure of ‘Disintegration’. The guitars flit from icy harmonics to amp-energising, throaty roars – it is as much driven by despair as it is by a need to express their vitality. The continent-spanning sounds juxtaposing intimate lyrical confessions as beautifully as only these masters can. The world might seem lost, with yesterday no longer in reach, but fortunately, we can rest assured that The Cure are alongside us, forging a prism through which we can understand all that softly slips away.
Additionally, The Cure have been posting snippets of various other songs from the record via this website and a Whatsapp channel. These include ‘Drone:NoDrone’ and ‘And Nothing Is Forever’.
Now, the group have given fans a taste of the forthcoming ‘Warsong’. The instrumental begins with atmospheric organ chords and subtle percussion before electric guitar, plucky keyboard and drums are introduced.
‘Warsong’ represented a more “gloomy” side of the album, describing it as “a pummelling sludge of noise that mourns “the hope of what we might have been“. The Cure are scheduled to play a special intimate gig at the BBC Radio Theatre in London tomorrow (October 30) ahead of another small show at the Troxy in the capital this Friday (November 1st). In a recent lengthy interview, Robert Smith revealed that The Cure have another new album that’s “virtually finished”, with a third record in the pipeline as well. He also shared his plans for a world tour in 2025 and discussed the band’s upcoming 50th anniversary.
“The frontman suggested that another two records may be arriving at some point, but ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ feels sufficient enough for the wait we’ve endured, just for being arguably the most personal album of Smith’s career. Mortality may loom, but there’s colour in the black and flowers on the grave.”
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