Robert Smith to speak by The Treatment’s ‘Songs Of A Misplaced World’ on Tim’s Listening Social gathering

Robert Smith will be part of Tim Burgess for a particular run-through of The Treatment‘s acclaimed ‘Songs Of A Misplaced World‘ on an upcoming version of Tims Listening Social gathering, NME can solely reveal.

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Turning into a favorite amongst music followers on social media throughout lockdown as Tim’s Twitter Listening Events, the format of The Charlatans frontman speaking by new and traditional albums with the artists behind them discovered a brand new dwelling as a podcast and present on Absolute Radio final yr.

Now, it has been confirmed that Smith has recorded a particular model of the present that might be broadcast from 10pm this weekend on Sunday December 8 on Absolute Radio earlier than changing into out there on the Rayo app shortly after and being made right into a podcast early within the new yr.

“I’m wanting ahead very a lot to my second Listening Social gathering,” Smith advised NME, “working by ‘Songs Of A Misplaced World’ with Tim – this time collectively in a ‘actual life area’ – ought to be good?”

This comes after Smith hosted a run-through of Tim’s Twitter Listening Social gathering for his or her traditional album ‘Want’ again in November 2022, achieved from the dressing room after The Treatment performed the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam. It grew to become the third most replayed Listening Social gathering with over 40,000 thus far (with Iron Maiden occupying the highest two locations). Revisit the ‘Want’ playback here.

Since Burgess took it to Absolute Radio, The Listening Social gathering has gained Gold as greatest newcomer at The Arias, The Radio Academy earlier this yr. The present has featured the likes of U2, Texas, The Kinks, Fall Out Boy, The Libertines and extra.

Over the weekend, The Treatment launched the brand new ‘A Fragile Factor’ EP that includes a reside model and a Robert Smith remix, earlier than asserting a brand new reside album of their particular London launch gig.

The mammoth Troxy present noticed the band play ‘Songs Of A Misplaced In World’ in full earlier than working by a packed set of fan favourites and biggest hits, and appears set to be The Treatment’s closing present earlier than they tour in autumn 2025.

Smith additionally revealed that the band have one other new album that’s “nearly completed” – with a 3rd new document additionally on the way in which, and that he’s aiming to finish one of many LPs earlier than hitting the street once more in 2025.

“We’ll begin up once more subsequent yr,” stated Smith. “Critically, I’ve to complete the second album. We had been going to play festivals subsequent yr, however then I made a decision that we weren’t going to play something subsequent summer season. The subsequent time we exit on stage might be autumn subsequent yr.

“However then we’ll in all probability be taking part in fairly frequently by till the subsequent anniversary – the 2028 anniversary! It’s looming on the horizon. The 2018 one, I began to consider in late 2016, pondering, ‘I’ve bought a yr and a half, it’s straightforward!’ And but I nonetheless didn’t handle to get there in time. Now, I’m beginning to assume, ‘2028, I have to get issues so as’; so [that’s] the documentary movie and issues like that.”

‘Songs Of A Misplaced World’ noticed The Treatment bag their first Quantity One album within the UK in 32 years, with NME awarding it 5 stars – concluding: : “Cruel? Sure, however there’s all the time sufficient coronary heart within the darkness and opulence within the sound to carry you and place these songs alongside The Treatment’s best. The frontman steered that one other two data could also be arriving sooner or later, however ‘Songs Of A Misplaced World’ feels ample sufficient for the wait we’ve endured, only for being arguably probably the most private album of Smith’s profession. Mortality might loom, however there’s color within the black and flowers on the grave.”