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The Cure, circa 1984: Phil Thornalley, left, Porl Thompson, Robert Smith, Andy Anderson (1951 - 2019) and Lol Tolhurst. The band is releasing a new album, "Songs From a Lost World," on Nov.
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There are few things I dislike as much as sitting in a medical office, waiting to submit myself to a full blood work panel. But I’m in my mid-50s and it’s become a fact of life.
I’ve discovered, however, that a great distraction when you’re in a waiting room and experiencing anxiety is listening to music. And on this particular day my earbuds are blasting “Alone,”
the first single from The Cure’s new album (their first in 16 years), Songs of a Lost World, out Nov. 1.
It’s comforting in its familiarity. It sounds like something that could’ve been on The Cure’s 1989 masterpiece, Disintegration — an album which, if you want to feel ancient, just celebrated
its 35th anniversary.
But it’s not just nostalgia that makes the song work. It feels both like something I would’ve loved in my teens, and the perfect soundtrack for middle age. Consider the lyrics:
“We were always sure that we would never change
And it all stops
We were always sure that we would stay the same
But it all stops.”