“Songs of a Lost World” Archives

All royalties from the live album will go to support children living in war-torn areas.

The goth icons’ long-awaited fourteenth album is their best in decades, and a heartfelt rumination on death, loss, and mortality.

Also, The Cure helped renew my faith in social media. For a little while, anyway.

The band’s fourteenth album will be their first since 2008’s 4:13 Dream.