From Loudersound.
Robert Smith reports that the deaths of his mother, father and brother have shaped the sound on The Cure’s highly anticipated new album.
Last year, The Cure revealed they were planning their first album since 2008’s 4:13 Dream.
They’ve spend much of the time since then on tour and recently delivered an epic set as Glastonbury headliners and celebrated a triumphant return to Scotland earlier this month – the first time they’ve played in the country for 27 years.
Now, vocalist and guitarist Robert Smith has spoken with NME and revealed that personal loss has shaped the sound of the record – and he’s also revealed the working title.
He says: “It’s very much on the darker side of the spectrum. I lost my mother and my father and my brother recently, and obviously it had an effect on me.
“It’s not relentlessly doom and gloom. It has soundscapes on it, like Disintegration. I was trying to create a big palette – a big wash of sound.”
He adds: “The working title was Live From the Moon, because I was enthralled by the 50th anniversary of the Apollo landing in the summer.
“We had a big moon hanging in the studio and lunar-related stuff lying around. I’ve always been a stargazer.”
The Cure are hoping to complete work on the album later this year.
The band will also release The Cure 40 Live: Curætion 25 + Anniversary on October 18.
Curætion 25: From There To Here / From Here To There was filmed on the final night of the 25th Meltdown festival in 2018 that was curated by Smith – a performance which saw The Cure play a track from each of their studio albums along with new, previously unreleased songs.
Anniversary: 1978-2018 was captured at their British Summer Time show at London’s Hyde Park in 2018 in celebration of The Cure’s 40th anniversary.
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- The Cure - A Forest - EX - UK - 12" vinyl - £195.00, $245.70, €235.95 (New Item) (arrived 20-Dec-2024 18:00)on December 21, 2024 at 4:23 pm
THE CURE A Forest (In Demand 1980 UK first press 12" single with A1/B1 stamped matrices & 'Strawberry' in the run-outs, their debut entry in the UK Singles Chart & a pioneering Goth-Rock track. Also features the b-side 'Another Journey By Train', housed in the original monochrome flipback picture sleeve. The delicate sleeve is Excellent with just a little minor ring wear & the vinyl is Excellent to Near Mint with barely any play FICSX10)
- The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me - Shrink - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £75.00, $94.50, €90.75 (New Item) (arrived 05-Dec-2024 11:43)on December 21, 2024 at 4:23 pm
THE CURE Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (1987 UK 18-track double LP, including Just Like Heaven, Catch, Hot Hot Hot & Why Can't I Be You. single-pocket picture sleeve with lyric inners. The sleeve has a vintage price sticker attached to the front and is still in the open shrink, and displays minimal wear, and the vinyl has minimal signs of play FIXH13)
- The Cure - Wish - VG - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £95.00, $119.70, €114.95 (New Item) (arrived 19-Nov-2024 12:35)on December 21, 2024 at 4:23 pm
THE CURE Wish (1992 UK 12-track double vinyl LP including Friday I'm In Love & High, complete with the lyric inners & discography insert. The picture sleeve (VG) shows some edgewear, minor creasing and scuffing from storage while the vinyl isVery Good with just some light paper scuffs not affecting play FIXH20)
- The Cure - Wish - VG - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £95.00, $119.70, €114.95 (Back In Stock) (arrived 20-Nov-2024 18:00)on December 21, 2024 at 4:23 pm
THE CURE Wish (1992 UK 12-track double vinyl LP including Friday I'm In Love & High, complete with the lyric inners & discography insert. The picture sleeve (VG) shows some edgewear, minor creasing and scuffing from storage while the vinyl isVery Good with just some light paper scuffs not affecting play FIXH20)
- The Cure - Acoustic Hits - 180 Gram - Sealed - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £36.99, $46.61, €44.76 (New Item) (arrived 21-Nov-2024 09:09)on December 21, 2024 at 4:23 pm
THE CURE Acoustic Hits (2017 UK/EU 18-track double album 2-LP pressed on 180-gram black vinyl, an acoustic compilation of their best-known tracks selected by Robert Smith himself and including Boys Don't Cry, The Lovecats, Inbetween Days, Close To Me, Love Song, Friday I'm In Love, Never Enough plus many more. Gatefold picture sleeve, factory sealed)
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