Finally there is light at the end of the road. The Cure They will publish their new work after sixteen years without a studio album. “Songs Of A Lost World” will be published on November 1 and nothing better to introduce us to their universe than the melancholic and beautiful “Alone”.
“Alone” is a song that lasts almost seven minutes and in which Robert Smith’s voice does not appear until almost halfway through. But when it does, the piece becomes one of those melancholic compositions that The Cure are so good at.
Although the British have already premiered several songs in the concerts of their “Shows Of A Lost World” tour – thirty-three countries, ninety dates –, it will not be the same to listen to them on what will be the group’s fourteenth album and which will mark the first in sixteen years. Hence the expectation.
But having heard the studio version of this “Alone” that they have just released, there is no doubt that the album will meet all the expectations of those who follow them. Regarding the song, Robert Smith points out: “It is the song that opened the album; as soon as we had that piece of music recorded I knew it was the opening song, and it felt like the whole album came into focus. I had been struggling for a while to find the right opening phrase for the right opening song, working with the simple idea of ’being alone’, always in the back of my mind that nagging feeling that I already knew what the opening phrase should be. …as soon as we finished recording I remembered the poem ‘Dregs’ by the English poet Ernest Dowson… and that was the moment I knew that the song – and the album – were real.”
The training you have recorded “Songs Of A Lost World” es: Robert Smith (vocals/guitar/six-string bass/keyboard), Simon Gallup (bass), Jason Cooper (drums/percussion), Roger O’Donnell (keyboard) and Reeves Gabrels (guitar). In addition, it will be published digitally, CD, 1LP, 2LP and CD Deluxe with 2 CDs (album + instrumentals) + 1 Blu-ray with high-resolution audio and Dolby Atmos mixes.
