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 Boys Don't Cry (1983 UK 13-track vinyl LP, including Killing An Arab & Jumping Someone Else's Train, housed in a picture sleeve. The sleeve is Excellent with light age-related wear & the vinyl looks barely played SPELP26)
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THE CURE Charlotte Sometimes (Original 1981 UK injection moulded 7" vinyl single, also including Splintered In Her Head, paper flipback picture sleeve. The sleeve is Excellent with minimal ring wear & the vinyl still looks barely played FICS14)
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THE CURE Pornography (Remastered 2016 UK/EU limited edition 8-track LP, their classic 1982 album remastered by Robert Smith and pressed on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl. Featuring the single The Hanging Garden. Picture sleeve replicating the original cover art, plus large black hype sticker with CURECAT001 catalogue number. Still factory sealed!)
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THE CURE Entreat Plus (2016 UK/EU limited edition 12-track double album 2-LP pressed on 180-gram black vinyl - The Cure's seminal mini-live album, Entreat, from 1990 has been remixed & remastered by Robert Smith and expanded from its original8songs to 12, with 4 songs previously unreleased on vinyl. Recorded on the 1989 Prayer Tour at Wembley Arena, London this set now features the original 8 tracks plus newly remixed and remastered live versions of Plainsong, Lovesong, Lullaby andThe Same Deep Water As You, available on vinyl for the first time. Gatefold picture sleeve, factory sealed)
- The Cure - Disintegration - Remastered 180 Gram Vinyl - Sealed - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £34.99, $44.09, €42.34 (New Item) (arrived 29-Jan-2025 14:02)on February 22, 2025 at 3:52 am
THE CURE Disintegration (2021 UK/EU limited edition 12-track double album 2-LP, remastered from the original tapes by Robert Smith and pressed on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl. Their classic 1989 album including the hit singles Pictures Of You, Lullaby and Fascination Street. Gatefold picture sleeve replicating the original artwork, lyric inner sleeves & factory sealed. Essential) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
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