Fans have been speculating that The Cure may be teasing an imminent return to music following the band changing their social media logos and updating their website.
Earlier today (September 9), The Cure took to their official social media pages to swap out their previous profile picture for a new one comprised of a brand new band logo with an all-black background. The sudden change of photo has led fans to believe that Robert Smith and co may be announcing some kind of return.
Fans quickly took to the comments section under the band’s Facebook update to share their excitement. “Please let it be finally an announcement of the new album!!,” wrote one user while another shared: “Come on gents, announce the new album! I hope we get it soon along with a new tour!”
Another fan wrote: “Come on, new album. I want to hear the studio version of those new songs you played in Leeds 2022.” They were referencing the likes of ‘A Fragile Thing’, ‘Another Happy Birthday‘ and ‘I Can Never Say Goodbye‘ which were three of the new tracks the band debuted while on tour in 2022.
Not only that, but guitarist Reeves Gabrels also shared a link directing fans to the band’s redesigned website and urging them to sign up to the mailing list.
The Cure website: news signup link â www.thecure.com
Posted by Reeves Gabrels on Monday, September 9, 2024
The news ahead of the release of the band’s two new songs as live recordings that will be a double A-side for climate charity âEarth Percentâ.
Released via Naked Record Club â a record label that releases limited edition records on sustainable vinyl â âThe Cure â Novembre: Live in France 2022â is a double A-Side 12â Eco-Vinyl single featuring two live tracks that were recorded during the French leg of the bandâs âShows Of A Lost Worldâ tour.
The first song, âAnd Nothing Is Foreverâ was recorded live in Montpellier at the Sud de France Arena on November 8 2022, while âI Can Never Say Goodbyeâ was recorded live in Toulouse, ZĂ©nith, on November 13 2022. These are the first new tracks from The Cure in 16 years.
Back in 2022, The Cure also performed two other new tracks titled ‘Alone’ and ‘Endsong’ while kicking off their world tour. All of the unreleased songs are speculated to be featured on the band’s long-awaited new album, âSongs Of A Lost Worldâ, which would mark their first LP in 16 years, following from 2008’s ‘4:13 Dream‘.
In a four-star review of their live performance at London’s OVO Arena Wembley during that year, NME shared how Smith took the time to promise “that the new songs ‘wonât be new for much longer.’”
The review also described the new tracks, sharing “The ticking clock piano rhythms and rolling bass of âA Fragile Thingâ accompany the promise that thereâs ânothing you can do to change the endâ, while âEndsongâ is a stunning, sprawling soundscape to portray Smith utterly lost in a universe where thereâs âNothing left of all I lovedâ. The truly devastating heart of the new material previewed comes with âI Can Never Say Goodbyeâ â where howling guitars match the singerâs fear of âshadows growing closer nowâ as âsomething wicked this way comes, to steal away my brotherâs lifeâ. You feel that these songs are for those who mean the world to him.”
Speaking to NME backstage at the BandLab NME Awards 2022, Smith took the time to exclusively confirm that The Cure’s next album would be titled ‘Songs Of A Lost World’, sharing: âItâs got artwork, itâs got a running order, itâs almost done! Theyâre so slow because of vinyl, but it might come in September. Iâd rather it just came out. I canât stand the anticipation.â
He also revealed more about its sister record and his anticipated solo album. âSo Iâve been working on two Cure albums, and one of them is finished,â he added. âUnfortunately, itâs the second one thatâs finished. [On the other] Iâve got to do four vocals, and there are 10 songs on each album. Weâre mixing next month on April 1, so Iâve got three weeks left.â
Asked about the sound of the upcoming records, Smith revealed: âWell the first Cure album is relentless doom and gloom. Itâs the doomiest thing that weâve ever done. The second one is upbeat, and my [solo] one wonât be out until next year.
âI have to keep revisiting it. Itâs a thing Iâve wanted to do for so many years. I realise Iâve only got one shot at doing it, so Iâve now started to add real instruments and acoustic instruments, whereas this time two years ago it was literally just feedback â but Iâve kind of grown a bit disenchanted with it. Iâd listened to it like three times and I think itâs rubbish.â
At the 2022 Ivor Novellos’ The Cure spoke to NME and confirmed that the album was âalmost finishedâ.
âReeves our guitar player has come over from America for the day just to finish a couple of solos, Iâve got to finish a couple of vocals,â Smith revealed. âEssentially itâs a 12 track album. Itâs there, itâs kind of half-mixed and half-finished. Itâs a weird thing. Itâs kind of evolved over the last two years. It hasnât always been a good thing to have been left alone with it. You pick at it, like picking at seams, and everything falls apart.
He continued: âItâll be worth the wait. I think itâs the best thing weâve done, but then I would say that. Iâm not doing an Oasis when I say that, âITâS THE BEST FOOKINâ ALBUMâ. A lot of the songs are difficult to sing, and thatâs why itâs taken me a while.â
The frontman has long teased the bandâs long-awaited âmercilessâ new record, which keyboardist Roger OâDonnell previously described as âthe most intense, saddest, most dramatic and most emotional record weâve ever made, and then we can just walk away from it… Listening to the demos, it is that record. I think everybody will be happy with it.â
He continued: âThe problem is, itâs 12 years since the last album so it becomes precious. When youâve got a back catalogue like The Cure, itâs a lot to live up to. Robert has said, âif The Cure say any more, it had better be important and it had better be fucking goodâ.
âIt is, itâs going to be an amazing record. I just suggest a little patience.â
Discussing the themes and character of the long-awaited follow-up to 2008âs â4:13 Dreamâ, Smith said that the album âdoesnât have very much light on itâ and that it sounds âmore like âDisintegrationâ than âHead On The Doorâ.â
âItâs pretty relentless, which will appeal to the hardcore of our audience, but I donât think weâll be getting any Number One singles off it or anything like that!â he told NME, explaining that it was informed by lockdown. âItâs been quite harrowing, like it has for everyone else.â
He continued: âIâve been more privileged than most, but lockdown and COVID has affected me in as much as Iâve lost an entire generation of aunts and uncles in under a year. Itâs things like that which have informed the way Iâve been with the record.”

Smith previously opened up about how losing his mother, father and brother has inspired the âdarkness’ within the forthcoming album, telling The Los Angeles Times: “obviously it had an effect on me. Itâs not relentlessly doom and gloom. It has soundscapes on it, like âDisintegrationâ, I suppose. I was trying to create a big palette, a big wash of sound.â
Smith added: âThe working title was âLive From the Moonâ, 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. Iâve always been a stargazer.â
Speaking to NME about his hopes for the album, Smith said:Â âBefore I used to write about stuff that I thought I understood. Now I know I understand it. The lyrics Iâve been writing for this album, for me personally, are more true. Theyâre more honest. Thatâs probably why the album itself is a little bit more doom and gloom. I feel I want to do something that expresses the darker side of what Iâve experienced over the last few years â but in a way that will engage people.â
The frontman added: âSome of the albums like âPornographyâ and âDisintegrationâ are kind of relentless. I levelled âDisintegrationâ with some songs like âLullabyâ and âLovesongâ, but I think this one is more like âPornographyâ because it hasnât got any of those songs that lighten the mood at all.â
More news on the band’s upcoming 14th album is expected to follow in the weeks ahead.
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