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 - The Love Cats - Inj - UK - 7" vinyl - £15.00, $19.35, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 24-Jul-2024 13:35)on July 27, 2024 at 12:41 am
THE CURE The Love Cats (1983 UK injection moulded 7" vinyl single, also including Speak My Language. The thin card flipback style picture sleeve shows minimal wear & the vinyl still looks barely played FICS19)
- The Cure - Seventeen Seconds - Textured Sleeve - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £195.00, $251.55, €232.05 (New Item) (arrived 28-Jun-2024 14:40)on July 27, 2024 at 12:41 am
THE CURE Seventeen Seconds (1980 UK first press 10-track LP including the classic 'A Forest', with 'A1/B3' matrices & 'Strawberry' in the run-outs, housed in the original textured picture sleeve. The sleeve displays some noticable mild foxingwhilst the vinyl has just an area of cosmetic blemishing and looks barely played. Essential FIX004)
- The Cure - Wish - Picture Disc Edition - RSD Black Friday 2022 - Sealed - UK - picture disc LP - £69.99, $90.29, €83.29 (New Item) (arrived 14-May-2024 16:10)on July 27, 2024 at 12:41 am
THE CURE Wish (RSD Black Friday 2022 UK/EU super limited edition double album 2-LP Picture Disc Edition, an exclusive Record Store Day release commemorating the 30th Anniversary of their much-loved 1992 album, Wish. Housed insidea die-cut display picture sleeve - factory sealed)
- The Cure - Faith + Inner - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £60.00, $77.40, €71.40 (New Item) (arrived 15-May-2024 10:35)on July 27, 2024 at 12:41 am
THE CURE Faith (1981 UK Fiction label 8-track LP, housed in a picture sleeve with album credits inner. The sleeve shows only minor edgewear with foxing to the sleeve and inner, whilst the vinyl shows just a few light hairlines with no real impact on play. A excellent condition copy! FIX6)
- The Cure - Why Can't I Be You - EX - UK - 12" vinyl - £15.00, $19.35, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 20-May-2024 16:02)on July 27, 2024 at 12:41 am
THE CURE Why Can't I Be You - EX (1987 UK 12" vinyl single featuring the 12" Remix and A Japanese Dream, glossy picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal wear and the vinyl displays some very minor signs of cosmetic wear but nothing affecting play FICSX25)
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