NEW MUSIC ATTACK: Songs of A Lost World by The Cure

The Cure is Back this Friday and now you know why?

What is a Friday without The Cure? The band that found meaning in it’s own cynicism and gave us some of the most intimate pieces of music. The Cure is sadly also the last piece of it’s era when Teenage angst was homoerotic and not whiny.

But on a serious note, I love The Cure. Robert Smith is a god gifted poet, whose life stories spoke to us. There will be multiple generations who will go through phases of self destruction only to find themselves, and the music of The Cure will serve as the father figure through it.

Songs of A Lost World feels like a sequel to The Cure’s magnum opus Disintegration. But unlike suffering from the classic Analog curse that many of the rock bands from that era suffer from, the digital production favours the themes of it. The album has a wider soundscape, from the first track, with its lush shoegaze atmosphere to the track “Fragile Thing” which narrates the story of doomed romance with an almost cinematic vision. Basically, regular The Cure, but it works. It isn’t The Pixies.

(Sorry for the short review)

Final Verdict: Distinction