The Cure have a new album coming next month, their first since 2008! It might be the first disk of 2024 of which I'm truly anticipating.
From what I can tell, it only might have eight songs, but their songs tend to go longer than what FM radio would like. The thing is, FM radio doesn't play the Cure really and XM doesn't seem to mind longer songs now and then.
Going by their 2023 sold-out tour, people are still into the band. I am very sorry I didn't see them.
The first release from the upcoming disk is called "Alone". It clocks in at almost seven minutes, the first half is music only. I'm loving the instrumental, which really does not deviate when lyrics are introduced.
The song does not really break from Cure tradition. The music and lyrics are semi-bleak sounding. The band is not always like this but enough of the time that is what people think. But this is the music I like.
The band, Robert Smith in particular, has not really changed. The voice is no different than it was 44 years. That's kind of amazing when you think of it. Smith is the only original member of the band, though one other person is just a year less than him. With all those changes, the band's sound has not changed drastically.
I like "Alone". I'm looking forward to the new album.
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