Songs of a Lost World
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THE CURE – SONGS OF A LOST WORLD – ALBUM REVIEW
It’s important to note that this review is written by someone who, despite such a passion for music that they write reviews of albums, has never gotten into The Cure. I can’t actually say that it’s not for a lack of trying, because the reality is that I’ve never tried!
Something always felt a little intimidating about trying to dig into their near five-decade long career. Where would I start and what order would I go in? What if I didn’t like what I heard? What if I did?!
Well, with the band releasing their first new album in sixteen long years and facing the reality that with the members of the band in their mid to late sixties, ‘Songs of A Lost World’, could be their last ever, it feels like a now or never situation!
At just eight tracks, but a fifty-minute run time, on the face of it this album can again look rather intimidating, especially when you clock the 10+ minute album closer, ‘Endsong’! Musically though the album is instantly welcoming as the band usher you into this lost world of theirs.
Whilst the album is easy to listen to in the sense that it doesn’t turn you away, it has to be said that thematically it is heavy listening with a foreboding darkness shrouding the lyrics focused on mortality and loss.
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Given the fact that this could be their last album, many of the words sung so hauntingly by Robert Smith feel very apt. This despite the fact that the majority of the album was recorded and ready to go five years ago.
There is something mesmeric about this album though, and it’s no surprise that both the band themselves and the music press are confident that it’s up there with their best ever work.
Perhaps in hindsight, for someone unqualified in their back catalogue, but with a knowledge of their biggest mainstream hits, this probably wasn’t the best place to start a deep dive into the musical journey of The Cure.
That said, if this album was presented to me with no name attached, no burden of history or pre-judgement of quality then I’d still be saying this is a magnificent, reflective and absorbing collection which is well worth investing some of your time towards.
So, if like me, you feel a little intimidated when considering a jump into The Cure or ‘Songs of A Lost World’, then I’d suggest you just throw away those inhibitions and explore this lost world!
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