The Cure made their long-awaited return to recording music last year with Songs of a Lost World, their first new material in 16 years, and one of Exclaim!'s Best Albums of 2024. The acclaimed album is getting its second life today, with the release of Mixes of a Lost World, arriving through Universal Music Canada.
The remix album features contributions from Four Tet, Chino Moreno (Deftones), Mogwai, Orbital, Trentemøller, the Twilight Sad, Daniel Avery, Paul Oakenfold, 65daysofstatic and more across 24 tracks, with the original album's eight songs remixed multiple times. The resulting effort is an album that dabbles in industrial, darkwave, house, goth and more.
Bandleader Robert Smith shared of the project in a release:
Just after Christmas I was sent a couple of unsolicited remixes of Songs of a Lost World tracks and I really loved them. The Cure has a colourful history with all kinds of dance music, and I was curious as to how the whole album would sound entirely reinterpreted by others. This curiosity resulted in a fabulous trip through all eight songs by 24 wonderful artists and remixers and is way beyond anything I could have hoped for.
The original album, along with the remixes, is available in 3LP/3CD/3MC deluxe editions, while the remix-only edition comes in 2LP/2CD/2MC. Get your physical copy here.
All of the Cure's recording royalties from the project will benefit War Child UK. Listen to the album in full on the player of your choice below.