Fans of The Cure (finally) have something new to listen to. On Friday 1 November, the band released their first album since 2008, Songs of a Lost World. While it’s never easy to make a comeback in the music world, these melancholy songs about death and bereavement have been applauded by the specialist press.
And 14. Although its release has been postponed several times, The Cure’s latest album has been in stores and on platforms since the first day of November, 16 years after their last opus, 4.13 Dream. Songs of a Lost World was written by frontman Robert Smith during a period of bereavement for a number of people close to him. This theme is the guiding principle of the album, which is imbued with a sublime melancholy. It contains eight tracks totalling almost 50 minutes, with a final song of over 10 minutes called Endsong. On 1 March, the album will be shortlisted for ‘Album of the Year’ at the Brit Awards 2025. The Cure, meanwhile, are nominated in the ‘Band of the Year’ and ‘Best Alternative/Rock Band’ categories.
A critically acclaimed album
The work of the band, which has sold over 30 million albums worldwide, has been acclaimed by the critics. The Guardian gave it a five-star rating, stating that ‘the band is at its artistic peak: melancholic and moving, with a punchy sound to match the emotional impact of the lyrics’. For Rolling Stones, Robert Smith has ‘reached into the depths of his cobwebbed heart, sinking into adult loss and grief’. According to Pitchfork, the album is ‘a work of wisdom and grace that extends naturally from the moment the Cure picked up their instruments in a church hall all those years ago.’
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