English rock band The Cure, known for emerging post-punk and new wave movements of the late 1970s and 1970s, have announced their first studio album in 16 years, Songs of a Lost World, set for release on Nov. 1 through Fiction Records.
Earlier this month, the band teased their forthcoming album with cryptic postcard messages sent to fans on their mailing list, accompanied by a poster displayed in a pub in Robert Smith’s hometown — where The Cure played some of their earliest shows. Songs of a Lost World, produced by Smith and longtime collaborator Paul Corkett at Rockfield Studios in Wales, is now eagerly anticipated. Today, they officially released the album’s lead single, “Alone,” which is now available on streaming platforms.
In a press release, Smith wrote:
“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 single, “Alone,” is nearly a 7-minute long escapade, driven by an extended instrumental featuring lush synths and wind chimes, which take listeners back to Disintegration, The Cure’s acclaimed 1989 album, also released through Fiction Records.
Before their 2019 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The Cure’s influence remained undeniable, with the band often hailed as one of the most pivotal alternative acts of the 1980s.
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