Robert Smith of the Cure sticks to an ‘ancient’ method instead of streaming music.
The singer explained in a recent episode of BBC’s Sidetracked with Annie and Nick podcast that he doesn’t “stream music on principle and never have.” Instead, he buys physical records and uses his iPod collection to revisit certain eras, like ’70s disco, after a “couple of beers.”
He continued, “I’ve got playlists, iPods. I’ve got loads and loads of different iPods with stickers on them so I know in the dark which one’s gonna play which.”
“So, they’ve all got stuff on them which suits my mood. There’s so much music I’ve got — not in a nostalgic way, but stuff that I can not just move about to but also means something to me, reminds me of a lot of times and people,” Smith added.
On Radio X’s X-Posure with John Kennedy, Smith shared updates about the band’s next album, following their 14th album, ‘Songs of a Lost World,’ and their first since 2008’s ‘4:13 Dream.’
Smith said he is ‘already finishing’ the band’s next album and hinted it could be out as soon as next summer. Kennedy then asked about the ‘Songs of a Lost World’ tracklist, saying, “There’s only eight songs on the album, but you alluded to the fact that there are another 32 songs that you recorded in 2019, was it?”
The rocker responded, saying, “Over the period prior to 2019 as well. In 2019 we recorded 24 songs for what was going to be a double album, and those eight have come out.”
Kennedy asked if more music was on the way after mentioning the large number of tracks created. Smith replied, “There are another two – 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. We always had about 14 songs, 15 songs left over from the ‘4:13 Dream’ sessions as well. So, there’s an awful lot of stuff that’s unreleased and I never thought I’d bother kind of revisiting it,” Smith shared.
The Cure has no scheduled shows for the next year yet.
