Robert Smith puts an expiration date on The Cure

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Robert Smith puts an expiration date on The Cure

Robert Smith has conducted an almost two-hour interview with presenter Matt Everitt on the occasion of the imminent release of The Cure, ‘Songs of a Lost World’, on November 1st. In addition to giving details about the creation of the album, Smith has revealed that they have another “practically finished”, another one in progress and has set an expiration date for The Cure, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of their first album.

The iconic frontman of The Cure begins the interview, available by entering the album’s website, by putting a starting point to the process of ‘Songs of a Lost World’ and admitting that “I shouldn’t have said anything in 2019, because we were just finishing to start creating it.

This also talks about the mysterious cover, revealing that it is a sculpture by the Slovenian Janez Pirnat, and the dark coincidence it contains. According to him, Smith received the book in which the work appeared in 2021, he opened it one day and when he saw the image it was clear to him: “I had to see if he was going to let me use it.” The same day Smith looked up the sculptor on the Internet was the same day he died, which he says “consolidated the idea that this should be the cover.”

Later, Smith reveals that the band has two other albums in the pipeline: one that is “practically finished” and another that is in progress: “We recorded 25 or 26 songs in 2019, three albums,” he says. In addition, he reveals that they are trying to finish one of the albums before embarking on a world tour in 2025, which, hopefully, will extend until their 50th anniversary.

Setting the horizon for 2028, Smith says that “I have to put things in order, that is, the documentary and things like that,” referring to the Tim Pope film that was originally supposed to be released for the band’s 40th anniversary: ​​” I started thinking about it at the end of 2016, saying ‘I’m a year and a half old, it’s easy!’ and I still didn’t make it on time,” Smith confesses.

If the horizon is 2028, 2029 is the sunset for The Cure. «I will be 70 years old in 2029, and that is the 50th anniversary of The Cure’s first album. If I’m still alive, that’s where it will end,” says Smith. He clarifies that the rest of the time will be spent “doing concerts” and shares that “the last 10 years playing have been the best 10 years being in the band.”

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