The Cure sort “Songs of a lost world”, son premier album en seize ans

Robert Smith, who sings about mourning and death among other things, describes an album “sequenced in such a way that it takes you somewhere”.

The legendary British group The Cure, led by its charismatic leader Robert Smith, released its first album since 2008 on Friday November 1st, Songs of a lost worldwhich has already received rave reviews. This is the 14th studio album from the group which marked the 1980s and 1990s with hits like Boys Don’t Cry, Close To Me or Friday I’m In Love. Songs of a lost world black a vinyl, CD, cassette et a streaming.

The head of the group, Robert Smith, is 65 years old but maintains his unique style, tousled hair, smokey eyes and red lipstick. The first reviews are extremely positive, such as that of Guardianwho judges that Songs of a lost world is the band's best album since Disintegration in 1989. “The band is at their artistic peak: melancholic and moving, with a hard-hitting sound that matches the emotional impact of the lyrics”writes the daily. In Songs of a lost worldRobert Smith sings of melancholy, speaks of death and mourning.

“Death is unfortunately more and more present every day. When you are younger, you romanticize it. Then it starts to happen to your close family and friends. Then it's a different story”he told the BBC ahead of the album's release. The album is “sequenced in such a way that it takes you somewhere”he said in an interview published on the group's YouTube page.

“It lasts about 50 minutes and you end up in a different place than where you started. I hope people respond to it”added Robert Smith. The Cure hadn't released a record since 4.13 Dream in 2008.

But the group, formed in 1976 in Crawley in Sussex (southern England) and which has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, continues to fill halls and stadiums wherever it performs. In July 2018, The Cure celebrated its forty years of career during a major concert on the lawn of Hyde Park, in London in front of 65,000 people.