Released: 2024
Genres: Gothic Rock, Alternative Rock, Dream Pop
The Musiquarium’s Songs of a Lost World Review Score: 10 out of 10
After a 16 year long hiatus and plenty of delays, the Cure finally release the follow-up to 2008’s underwhelming 4:13 Dream, with an album that rivals the band’s best works from their glorious eighties. A beautiful, brooding melancholy weaves itself throughout Songs of a Lost World, and Robert Smith is as depressing as ever, at an age where grappling with one’s mortality becomes increasingly real.
Robert Smith sounds no different than he’s ever sounded here – how his voice hasn’t changed in 40+ years is an absolute marvel; listening to Songs of a Lost World right after Disintegration, you’d have no idea that 35 years had even passed.
Every track on Songs of a Lost World begins with extended intros, drawing you in like a vortex. Lead single Alone arrived to let fans know that The Cure had been cooking up something real good over the past decade and a half, and that they took their time for a reason. The drum beat in Endsong have been drilled into my head since the first listen. Drone:Nodrone feels like your classic Cure rocker. Warsong lives up to it’s name, by painting a sonic battlefield inside of your ears.
Songs of a Lost World is one of the greatest, long-awaited comebacks in recent memory and quite possibly The Cure’s best album alongside Pornography and Disintegration — that’s how amazing it is.
Trivia: Songs of a Lost World won Best Alternative Music Album at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards.
For credit breakdowns and historic release details, view The Cure on Discogs.
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Written by Brett Nippard
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