The fans no longer believed it but it’s official, The Cure will return to haunt sensitive souls from November 1st with their 14th album “Songs Of A Lost World”, the first since “4:13 Dream” in 2008. Announced from (very) long-standing to the point that fans ended up no longer believing Robert Smith’s statements on this subject to be credible, the project is already tamed by two extracts as twilight as they are captivating, “Alone” and “A Fragile Thing” . Originally it should have been published six years earlier… ” I thought: “The 40th anniversary of the band was in 2018, and the 40th anniversary of the first album [“Three Imaginary Boys”] in 2019, so we’re going to do something that encapsulates what the band is and where we’ve come.” It was a big project, and big projects don’t usually work out very well, in my experience! » jokes the British singer in a long interview given to Matt Everitt from the legendary Abbey Road studios in London.
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“This will really be the end”
Complicated to get started, the band’s reunion nevertheless gave rise to a period of crazy creativity. To the point that The Cure already has another album in stock! “ We recorded about 25 or 26 songs in 2019. We recorded three albums and that was always the problem. I tried to finish three albums! After waiting so long, I said to myself, “Let’s release Cure albums every few months!” (…) It will work this time. This one being finished, the second is virtually finished too. The third is a little more difficult because, well, if we get that far… » adds the legendary rocker, evasively. Because in reality, Robert Smith is aware of the passage of time: he will celebrate his 70th birthday in 2029. And this symbolic milestone will also mean the definitive end of The Cure.
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This is what the “Friday I’m In Love” singer announces in a filmed interview made available on the official website dedicated to the “Songs Of A Lost World” album. “ I will be 70 years old in 2029. And it will be the 50th anniversary of our first record… That will be it, it will really be the end. If I can get that far » announces Robert Smith, who does not want to do the project too much. Comments which arouse the fear of fans but also awaken their sarcasm. “ He’ll probably miss the deadline and have to try again on the 60th anniversary… There will be 3 more albums left guys! Hooray » mocks a user, emphasizing The Cure’s propensity to not really keep its promises. Only the future will tell us!
