For forty five years The Cure have been the epitome of goth rock and their first album in 16 years, “Songs of a Lost World”, proves that they continue to be the standard bearer. The last thing anyone expected was for Robert Smith, at 65 years old, to recapture the essence of his band, but he has.
The album begins with a sprawling 7 minute- long epic where Smith doesn’t even start singing until halfway through. But, having lost his mother, father and brother since the last Cure album, "Alone" is the most emotional way to start.
The eight songs on the album are full of turmoil, darkness and mourning but the lyrics give them an impactful sense of mortality which is what Cure fans both new and old have always been yearning for.
Awash in churning synthesizers and foreboding, feedback squealing guitars, the magnificence of “Songs of a Lost World” is in it’s world weariness. Robert Smith and The Cure have created the ultimate example of aging gracefully.