The Cure Releasing Live Versions of Two New Songs on Eco Vinyl

While fans continue the seemingly interminable wait for the proper follow-up to 2008’s 4:13 Dream, The Cure will slake their thirst for new music in October with the release of live versions of two new songs. After debuting some fresh tracks on the road over the past few years, the Robert Smith-led group will issue the two-song live 12″ single Novembre: Live in France 2022 on Oct. 1, marking their first official release of new music in 16 years.

The double A-side 12″ will have in concert versions of “And Nothing Is Forever” and “I Can Never Say Goodbye,” both songs the band started playing in concert two years ago. The songs will be released on Eco-vinyl through Naked Record Club, with net profits going to Brian Eno’s Earth Percent climate charity. Intense, dreamy ballad “And Nothing Is Forever,” was recorded at Montpellier Sud de France Arena on Nov. 8, 2022, while the equally gauzy “I Never Can Say Goodbye” was tracked in Toulouse at Zénith on Nov. 13, 2022 on the French leg of the goth rock group’s 2022 Shows of a Lost World tour.

“I’d like to thank The Cure and NAKED Record Club — both true innovators — for their generous support of vital climate projects through the release of The Cure – Novembre: Live In France 2022,” Eno said in a press release. “It’s a powerful example of how the music community can work together to build a better world.”

The tracks will appear on 5,000 individually numbered vinyl LPs — 100 of which will be signed– with pre-orders open now. According to Naked Record Club, their releases are pressed on sustainable vinyl, which is made by an injection-molding machine that uses a reported 90% less electricity than traditional steam presses on non-toxic recyclable PET plastic instead of PVC, which is toxic and takes thousands of years to decompose.

Back in 2020, Smith promised that the band’s 14th album would “definitely be out soon,” saying at the time that he was wrapping up recording and was preparing to mix any day. “But until it’s completed, no one will believe me. I look forward to it coming out more than anyone else, trust me!” Smith added in February of that year.

See the announcement below.