Despite a full 16 years passing since the release of their last album, The Cure have managed to retain the recipe to their gothic secret sauce. Songs of a Lost World, their grand return to studio albums, is a lush, glacially-paced, existentially-concerned project that lives up to the gloom promised in its title. As is the case for many fans, Robert Smith and company prove that their chronic melancholy wasn't just a phase - and thank god for that.
Mahashmashana ushers in a new chapter of existential reflection, as Josh Tillman captures the frantic energy of society in decline. His sixth studio album fuses explosive rock anthems with poignant, mournful ballads that articulate his spiritual disillusionment as he continues to exist in an increasingly unstable world. Mahashmashana, a Sanskrit term for "cremation ground," perhaps hints at a space of destruction and rebirth as the old world burns away in preparation for the next.
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