Robert Smith of The Cure executes throughout Riot Fest 2023 at Douglass Park onSept 17, 2023 in Chicago. Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images
The Cure has actually lastly launched Songs of a Lost World, their very first brand-new cd in 16 years given that 4:13 Dream in 2008.
Available on all significant streaming systems, this cd notes a long-awaited return for followers and records the haunting, climatic noise that has actually specified The Cure’s impact on songs for over 4 years.
The cd’s trip started with the very first solitary, “Alone,” launched onSept 23. Frontman Robert Smith defined the track as “the song that unlocked the record.”
“As soon as we recorded that song, I knew it had to be the opening song, and I felt the whole record come into focus,” he stated.
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Smith had actually invested considerable time looking for the best words to envelop the document’s tone, eventually going back to an expression he had actually been taking into consideration for many years. “For some time, I tried to find the right opening phrase for the right song that would lead the way for the project, working on the concept of ‘being alone,’ always with the nagging feeling of already knowing what the opening phrase should be.”
Inspiration struck when Smith remembered Dregs, a rhyme by the English poetErnest Dowson “As soon as we finished recording, I remembered the poem ‘Dregs’ by the English poet Ernest Dowson,” Smith kept in mind. “That was the moment I realized that the song—and the album—had become something concrete.”
Another significant track, “A Fragile Thing,” proceeds the expedition of susceptability and the certainty of modification. The tune’s verses, “Nothing you can do to change the end,” show an emotional approval of life’s brevity.
Produced by Smith and long time partner Paul Corkett, that likewise collaborated with the band on Bloodflowers, Songs of a Lost World is readily available in different layouts, consisting of basic LP, dual LP, special indie-store tinted plastic, CD, luxurious CD with Blu- ray, and electronic versions, offering followers a variety of alternatives to experience the brand-new document.
To memorialize the cd’s launch, The Cure will certainly execute their only scheduled program of the year at Troxy in London, which will certainly be live-streamed on their YouTube network under the title “Show of a Lost World: The Cure Live at Troxy” at 7 a.m. AEDT onNov 2. Tomorrow, BBC2 will certainly likewise broadcast an evening devoted to The Cure’s songs and heritage in event of the cd launch.
With greater than 30 million cds offered, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2019, and 4 Glastonbury headlining efficiencies, The Cure’s heritage as one of the U.K.’s many prominent bands is indisputable. Formed in 1978, the team has actually constantly transformed itself while remaining real to its dark, reflective design.
Stream Songs of a Lost World listed below.
