So after 14 years waiting for a new album, we finally get it today. My copy is out for delivery right now, but I am listening to a torrent.
Has a 93 Metacritic score as of right now
The Guardian
Oct 18, 2024
100
The music on Songs of a Lost World feels more direct and purposeful than either of its immediate predecessors. Even the slowest tracks have a bruising impact, courtesy of the rhythm section.
The Independent (UK)
Oct 31, 2024
100
Songs of a Lost World is just eight tracks long, although it's so immersive you'll lose track of time.
Rolling Stone
Oct 28, 2024
80
Songs of a Lost World is the triumphant power-doom epic it needed to be, fully the Cure's best since Disintegration, as Smith reaches into the depths of his cobwebbed heart, going deep into adult loss and grief.
Pitchfork
Oct 31, 2024
79
Songs of a Lost World may not be a vast step up in quality from the highlights of Bloodflowers, 4:13 Dream, or whatever your favorite is of the band's post-Wish records. (Opinions vary wildly.) But it feels like a record whose time is right, delivering a concentrated dose of the Cure and cutting the fat that dogged their later albums.
Has a 93 Metacritic score as of right now
The Guardian
Oct 18, 2024
100
The music on Songs of a Lost World feels more direct and purposeful than either of its immediate predecessors. Even the slowest tracks have a bruising impact, courtesy of the rhythm section.
The Independent (UK)
Oct 31, 2024
100
Songs of a Lost World is just eight tracks long, although it's so immersive you'll lose track of time.
Rolling Stone
Oct 28, 2024
80
Songs of a Lost World is the triumphant power-doom epic it needed to be, fully the Cure's best since Disintegration, as Smith reaches into the depths of his cobwebbed heart, going deep into adult loss and grief.
Pitchfork
Oct 31, 2024
79
Songs of a Lost World may not be a vast step up in quality from the highlights of Bloodflowers, 4:13 Dream, or whatever your favorite is of the band's post-Wish records. (Opinions vary wildly.) But it feels like a record whose time is right, delivering a concentrated dose of the Cure and cutting the fat that dogged their later albums.