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The Cure
Songs Of A Lost World
The West Sussex legends' first album of new material since 4:13 Dream maps out the hours, minutes, seconds of our 16 years apart, playing back the sound of surviving the death of a planet, hoping that Robert Smith’s voice is there with us as the ground goes cold
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Who knows if it’s their last album, or whether there’s more to come? Let us be thankful that it’s here and just as wonderful as we dared to hope it might be
God Is In The TV
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Songs Of A Lost World
A momentous and welcome return from a band who’ve become national treasures over their nearly 50 years in existence. Whatever the future holds, this is up there with The Cure’s finest works to date. Long may that continue
Under The Radar
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Songs Of A Lost World
The album doesn’t feel overworked, and largely sounds like a band playing live in a room
Slant Magazine
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The Great Impersonator
While there are moments of genuine honesty and emotional clarity, these are overshadowed by Halsey’s refusal to let the music breathe
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Songs Of A Lost World
Taken on its own terms it’s as urgent and compelling as ever
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Ultimately, Chromakopia not only showcases Tyler’s growth as an artist but also serves as a reminder that there is beauty in chaos
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They’ve not exactly gone back to their roots, but they can at least turn and face themselves in a way that would have been unthinkable in the mid-1990s
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Mount Eerie
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Phil Elverum’s first Mount Eerie album in five years feels like a culmination of his work over the past 25 years, making room for all his earlier selves and sounds
Pitchfork
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On her second album, Mia Berrin continues to write sugary anthems detailing early adulthood’s growing pains, but this time she trades punk for punchy, sharp-edged pop
Pitchfork
The Cure
Songs Of A Lost World
The first new album from Robert Smith and co in 16 years offers beautiful bleakness, the sort of sorrow that you just want to bathe in
musicOMH
The Cure
Songs Of A Lost World
‘Songs of a Lost World’ takes on ageing and death, but the band’s music stands unaffected by time
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Chromakopia
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