The Cure send postcards to fans confirming new album title and release date

The Cure have sent out postcards to fans seemingly confirming the title and release date of their new album.

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Some fans have shared videos on social media and speculated after receiving black postcards with “Songs Of A Lost World” written on them in scattered letters. At the bottom of the cryptic cards is the date 1/11/24 in Roman numerals, suggesting that their long-awaited album is set to arrive on November 1st.

Earlier this week (September 9), it seemed like The Cure were finally teasing a new album, after the band took to their official social media pages, swapping out their previous profile picture for a new one consisting of a new, different logo with an all-black background.

Guitarist Reeves Gabrels also shared a link directing fans to the band’s redesigned website and urged them to sign up for the mailing list. Bassist Simon Gallup’s son Eden (who filled in for his father during a series of shows in 2019) also excited fans by posting lyrics to the new song “Alone”: “This is the end of every song we sing…“.

All of this led fans to believe that Robert Smith and co were preparing to announce some sort of comeback – which they collectively hoped would be the long-awaited ‘Songs Of A Lost World’, as the postcards seemingly confirmed.

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— Simon Aston 〓〓 (@SimonAston12) September 12, 2024

Someone else received a postcard in the mail today confirming the release date of the long-awaited album from @thecure #SongsFromTheLostWorld pic.twitter.com/yKytBNBmEp

— Andrew (@theboytemps) September 12, 2024

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— Andrew (@theboytemps) September 12, 2024

The news comes ahead of the release of the band’s two new songs as live recordings that will form a double A-side for climate charity Earth Percent.

Released via Naked Record Club – a label that releases limited edition records on sustainable vinyl – ‘The Cure – November: Live in France 2022’ is a double A-side 12″ Eco-Vinyl single featuring two live tracks that were recorded during the French leg of the band’s ‘Shows Of A Lost World’ tour.

The first song, ‘And Nothing Is Forever’ was recorded live in Montpellier at the Sud de France Arena on November 8, 2022, while ‘I Can Never Say Goodbye’ was recorded live in Toulouse, at the Zénith, on November 13, 2022. These are the first new tracks from The Cure in 16 years.

In 2022, The Cure also performed two more new tracks titled “Alone” and “Endsong” as part of their world tour. All of the new songs are set to appear on the band’s highly anticipated new album, “Songs Of A Lost World,” which would mark their first LP in 16 years, following 2008’s “4:13 Dream.”

In a four-star review of their live performance at London’s OVO Arena Wembley that year, NME Smith noted that it took time to promise “that the new songs wouldn’t stay new for very long.”

The review also describes the new tracks, sharing: “The piano rhythms and rolling bass of ‘A Fragile Thing’ accompany the promise that there’s ‘nothing you can do to change the ending,’ while ‘Endsong’ is a breathtaking, sprawling soundscape to depict Smith completely lost in a universe where there is ‘nothing you can do to change the ending,'”There is nothing left of all that I loved“.

“The truly devastating heart of the new material previewed comes with ‘I Can Never Say Goodbye’ – where the screaming guitars match the singer’s fear of ‘the shadows are coming closer now” as “Something bad is coming this way, to steal my brother’s life“You can tell these songs are for those who mean the most to him.”

Talk 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: “There’s a cover, there’s a release order, it’s almost done! They’re so slow on vinyl, but it could come out in September. I’d rather it just came out. I can’t stand the impatience.”

He also revealed more details about his sister album and his long-awaited solo album. “I worked on two Cure albums, and one of them is finished,” he added. “Unfortunately, it’s the second one that’s finished. [On the other] “I have to do four vocals and there are ten songs on each album. We mix next month, April 1st, so I have three weeks left.”

When asked about the sound of the upcoming albums, Smith revealed: “The first Cure album is relentless doom and gloom. It’s the doomiest thing we’ve ever done. The second one is upbeat, and my [solo] there won’t be one coming out until next year.

In related news, Rodger O’Donnell recently revealed that he was diagnosed with blood cancer last year. The band’s keyboardist shared the news last week (September 1), the first day of Blood Cancer Awareness Month.

He took to his official X/Twitter account to reveal that he was “diagnosed with a very rare and aggressive form of lymphoma” in September 2023 and has since recovered.