Sokadszorra meghallgatva az albumot, szerintem ez egy nagyon egységes, konzisztens album. A Warsong még pont jól oldja a tónust, a Drone:Nodrone viszont abszolút melléfogás. Az Endsong mellett az Alone és az All I Ever Am a másik két gyöngyszem.
Segítséget szeretnék kérni. Tetkó alaphoz kellene jó minőségű kép az Endsong hold kivetítéséről (bár ezt gondolom megoldja a tetováló) és Simonról ahogy égbe emeli a gitárját.
Robert Smith shares regret over The Cure’s ‘4:13 Dream’: “It was nowhere near what I wanted it to be”
The Cure frontman Robert Smith has shared his regrets about the band’s 2008 album, 4:13 Dream, which dampened his attitude towards the music industry.
Smith made the comments about the album during his first-ever podcast appearance on Sidetracked with Annie and Nick, available on BBC Sounds. The episode, set for release on December 19th, covers a wide array of topics with The Cure vocalist, including his public showdown with Ticketmaster in 2023 and his thoughts on Chappell Roan’s recent comments regarding unacceptable fan behaviour.
Last month, The Cure returned with their chart-topping new album, Songs of a Lost World, marking their first release since 4:13 Dream, which Smith has never been proud of as a complete body of work. He explained to the two hosts: “If I’m really honest I was trying to make an album in 2008 which was a double album and it was really odd, it had all kinds of stuff on it, instrumental stuff.”
Despite Smith’s desire for 4:13 Dream to be an expansive double album, he says he “was pressured into reducing it all down into a single album, that was too long and it didn’t work. And I have never felt happy about it. I bristle a little bit about it, ’cause at some point, before I fall over, I’m determined… there are 13 songs from those sessions that never got released.”
The Cure frontman then elaborated on his original vision for 4:13 Dream, adding, “It was a double album and the whole idea of 4:13 Dream, was that it was like a fever dream and as it turned out, it wasn’t. It was nowhere near what I wanted it to be.”
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Due to the experience, Smith was reluctant to make another album in a hurry, stating, “And I learnt a lesson, and maybe that’s why we didn’t make another album for such a long time! I was so sickened by the process of like whereby we were commodified, and it really did upset me a lot.”
As a result, with Songs of a Lost World, Smith took his time to ensure the record was the album that he wanted to make, rather than listening to the demands of record label executives.
Elsewhere in the conversation, Smith said that after he publicly demanded Ticketmaster sell a portion of tickets to their North American tour in 2023 for $25, the singer was saddened that more artists didn’t come forward to support his actions. Although Ticketmaster eventually agreed to his request, much to Smith’s frustration, they implemented booking fees which cost fans more than the tickets themselves.
He shared: “I was slightly upset [though] because very, very few artists actually stood up and said this is right. Live Nation and Ticketmaster and other organisations that are pretty much monopolistic, wield a lot of power and artists are scared to speak out. I’m at the tail end of what I’m doing, so I really don’t care.”
The Cure singer revealed that “lower down on the scale, a lot of people got in touch and said like, it’s so nice to hear you saying something. But why is no one else saying anything?” He agreed with this sentiment, saying that “many other artists who are in a much better position than I am to actually speak out” but have remained silent.
The Cure's Robert Smith teases "companion piece" to Songs Of A Lost World with the "saddest" song of all By Jenny Mensah The Cure frontman has revealed what to expect from the band's next effort and said it will hopefully be out "next summer". Robert Smith says The Cure's next album could be "heavier" than their last. The Cure frontman spoke to Radio X's John Kennedy this week as part of a special X-Posure track by track playback of the band's new Songs Of A Lost World album, where he revealed there's a breadth of work left over, which could very well see itself on the next record. "There's 32 unreleased songs at the moment sitting in my house," he revealed. "There are another two eight track albums if we wanted. But I think that the next one will be probably 10 songs. I'm finishing the next one. I just can't decide on the running order. It's always which ones fit together best." Smith also revealed there's so much more material he'd created through the years that he never considered revisiting before, but the response Songs Of A Lost World - which gave them their first UK No. 1 album in 32 years - had him rethinking waiting so long before issuing their next effort. "We always had about 14, 15 songs left over from the 4:13 Dream sessions as well [from 2008]", the 65-year-old musician added. "So there's an awful lot of stuff that's unreleased and I never thought I'd bother revisiting it. But actually with the way this album has been received, I think maybe it's the right time for me just to go back over stuff and get it out there. Like, finish singing stuff and finish mixing it." Sharing more details about the next record in particular, the Alone singer added: "The companion piece to Songs Of A Lost World, which will be out hopefully before next summer, is what I'm currently finishing. I just need to mix it. It's not as dark in some ways, although it actually has probably the saddest song of all of them on it." He went on: "It has a couple of songs that we were playing live which didn't make it onto Songs Of A Lost World and it has some completely new stuff that no one's ever heard [...] There's three songs on it, which are slower than pretty much anything on this album. So I don't know, it may well end up being heavier than this one." Continuing to talk about some of the tracks on what would be their 15th studio album, Smith revealed that although it's a long way from being "upbeat" in terms of its lyrics, it could include a track the band has been playing for some time which has transformed from a piece about bereavement to a "powerful live song". "Lyrically, it's a very long way from being an upbeat album," he mused. "It has one song of grief on it which didn't make it onto this album, which is a very, very old song which we've been playing for a long, long time called It Can Never Be the Same. And I think that this next album will have that song on because I think it's about time. It used to be called Christmas Without You. "When I first wrote it, it was about my mum dying, but it's mutated over the years and that's actually turned into a really powerful live song. That would probably make it on. "Another song called A Boy I Never Knew - we've redone that. I think that would probably make it on. That's a sad song, but in a completely different way. That's me singing about a boy that died a million years ago. About the death of humanity before it started, I think... or something." The expansive conversation, which was part of an X-Posure track by track playback of The Cure's Songs Of A Lost World album, saw the frontman discuss the inspiration behind the songs on the record, the encouragement he had from his elder brother to pursue music full-time, his thoughts on mortality and the process of ageing as well as the secret to preserving his voice over the years. From The Cure's humble beginnings practicing in his parents' extension to the best piece of advice his father ever gave him, the much-loved alternative rock icon seems to leave no stone unturned in this memorable chat, which will be available to listen to this Saturday (14th December) from 11pm.
"Born with two rare genetic disorders, extraordinary Nathan, now aged 13, has overcome incredible medical challenges throughout his life. Despite being non-verbal and facing significant physical challenges, Nathan is known for his incredible spirit, bringing joy and love to his family and everyone who knows him.
After hearing Nathan’s inspiring story, Robert Smith was moved to donate a signed/annotated Schecter RS1000 ‘Busker’ guitar to be auctioned in support of the family’s mission to adapt their home to better accommodate Nathan’s complex medical needs. YOU CAN BID FOR IT VIA THE LINK IN BIO"
Cd-n azért nagyon más (jobb) élmény, de azért a vynil lehet az igazi. Különös, ilyet még nem tapasztaltam, de alapvetően a túlvezérléssel határos a sound.
Vasárnap hallható majd az új beszélgetés Roberttel az Absolute rádión:
ROBERT SMITH says THE CURE have ANOTHER NEW ALBUM “ready to go”, calling it a “companion piece” to their latest LP “Songs of a Lost World”.
While Smith previously mentioned The Cure are planning on two followup albums to their just released “Songs of a Lost World,” the frontman has shared some new details about what he is calling a “companion piece.”
Speaking in an interview with Absolute Radio’s Danielle Perry, Smith said that one of their next two albums is complete, while the other is still in the works. “There is another album which is pretty much ready to go. It’s sort of its companion piece,” he said, adding that there is material written for yet another album that takes a different approach. “There’s a third one which is completely different. It’s really kind of random stuff, like late-night studio stuff. But some of it is really good actually, it’s just very very different.”
“This ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ album is a really emotional piece of work and the companion piece, it’s not quite as dark but it explores other subjects a little bit more,” he continued.
“The third one is very odd, actually. I haven’t finished the words to that one because my headspace has been much more focused on performing these ones. I don’t really want it to end because it’s been so good. The reaction to the new music has been so, so great. It’s been really lovely to feel people giving us all the love.”
