The pioneers of 80s gothic pop rock have returned. The Cure have shared a new song called “Alone.” Alongside the track, they've confirmed their first album in 16 years, Songs of a Lost World, will be released on November 1.
Robert Smith produced the new album with Paul Corkett at Rockfield Studios in Wales. The Cure will reveal the tracklist on their new website and their social profiles in the coming weeks.
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In a press release, Robert Smith said, “'Alone' is the track that unlocked the record; as soon as we had that piece of music recorded I knew it was the opening song, and I felt the whole album come into focus. I had been struggling to find the right opening line for the right opening song for a while, working with the simple idea of ‘being alone’, always in the back of my mind this nagging feeling that I already knew what the opening line should be… as soon as we finished recording I remembered the poem ‘Dregs’ by the English poet Ernest Dowson… and that was the moment when I knew the song—and the album—were real.”
The follow-up to 2008’s 4:13 Dream has been through a few different iterations and timelines, with an original 2019 release date falling through. The album finally started to see the light of day in 2022 when the band teased the Songs of a Lost World title and introduced two new songs to their tour setlists.
Now that the group's 2023 tour is finished, they're back to releasing new music. Songs of a Lost World is available for pre-order now.
Listen to "Alone" below.
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Article Image: Robert Smith of The Cure plays guitar during a 2018 performance at Pinkpop Festival. (benhoudijk via DepositPhotos.)
