Smith's songwriting remains profoundly, existentially angsty on Songs of a Lost World, The Cure's first new album in 16 years. Luckily, sadness still looks beautiful on him.
The depth of the record's existential dread certainly matches its morose title. Songs of a Lost World is a towering, glacially-paced exorcism that simultaneously offers catharsis and makes the weight of the world feel even more overwhelming.
Album opener 'Alone,' which functionally serves as The Cure's official reintroduction, establishes such a dreary tone from the onset. Smith laments 'This is the end of every song that we sing'.
While Smith avoids getting too specific about what has made our world so lost, the album captures the feeling of living in a lost world in desperate need of a song or two.
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