The Cure return after 16 years with majestically sad, gloriously protracted Songs of a Lost World
It would have been startling to hear a chirpier version of the 65-year-old pop up on their first album in over 15 years. But ...
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The Cure released their first album in sixteen years. Simply put, it was worth the wait
After sixteen years, The Cure return with 'Songs Of A Lost World,' which is a career highlight. It is easily one of the best records of 2024.
The Cure: every album ranked in order of greatness
In celebration of The Cure’s long-awaited return with ‘Songs Of A Lost World’, NME goes through their back catalogue and ranks each album ...
'Songs of a Lost World,' The Cure's feverish, melancholy procession
Sixteen years after their last record, Robert Smith's band is back with a strong 14th album tinged with mourning, nostalgia ...
The Cure’s first album in 16 years is powerful reassurance that they’ve still got it
Where did it go?” The Cure’s Robert Smith cries at the start of Songs of a Lost World, his band’s first album in 16 years. With his unaged voice, he sounds like the Rip Van Winkle of alternative rock, ...
Why Paul Weller once called The Cure’s Robert Smith a ‘fat c**t’
The Jam and The Cure were both discovered by A&R scout Chris Parry, with the former being signed to Polydor Records in 1977 ...
How Robert Smith of the Cure Became Rock’s Most Dogged Activist
With his band’s first new album in 16 years out Friday, post-punk’s dark prince discusses enduring on his own terms and ...
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The Cure, Songs of a Lost World review: A gift from the godfathers of gloom
On the band's first album in 16 years, Robert Smith probes grief, angst and the ageing process, making for a splendidly stark ...
Is the new Cure album thoroughly bleak? Yes, but that's what makes it the perfect remedy
The Cure returns with their first album in 16 years and their elegant, sad sound remains intact. Here are our picks for the ...
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The Cure's first album in 16 years: Not quite 'relentlessly downbeat'
The Cure frontman Robert Smith says he was close to breaking up the band after ... Cure – as unmistakable as the iconic look ...
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The Cure’s first album in 16 years is gothic, gorgeous proof that no one does misery better
So despite his claim back in 2018 that he’s turning into a “grumpy old man”, Smith still taps into a ... he moans on “A Fragile Thing” in a lipstick smudge of devotion precision-brewed ...
The Cure’s first album in 16 years is gothic, gorgeous proof that no one does misery better
The Cure’s first album in 16 years finds frontman Robert Smith “outside in the dark ... “Every time you kiss me I could die,” ...