Robert Smith reveals the profound coincidence and death behind the ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ album art
nme.comRobert Smith has explained the profound coincidence and death behind the cover artwork for The Cure‘s new album, ‘Songs Of A Lost World’.The band are set to release their long-awaited 14th studio record – the follow-up to 2008’s ‘4:13 Dream’ – on November 1.
Smith and co. have already shared the singles ‘Alone’ and ‘A Fragile Thing’.Back in 2019, the frontman said the new LP had been shaped by his “experience of life’s darker side” following the deaths of his mother, father and brother.During a lengthy new interview about ‘Songs Of A Lost World’, Smith revealed how the official album artwork came to be.
He had been given a book by Slovenian sculptor Janez Pirnat in January 2021, which remained unopened until he opened it by chance one day.“I saw this of this head, it’s kind of like it’s emerging from rock, and there’s something about it.
I was like, ‘That’s it, that’s the album cover’. It struck me,” Smith told Matt Everitt. “Things like that sort of happen: ‘That’s the image I want, I don’t know why’.
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