The Cure Announce First Album In 16 Years 'Songs Of A Lost World' With New Single Alone
Thursday, 26 September 2024
Written by Jon Stickler
The Cure have announced their long-awaited new album.
The follow-up to 2008's '4:13 Dream' is titled 'Songs Of A Lost World' and will arrive on November 1 via Fiction/Polydor. Recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales, and produced by frontman Robert Smith and producer Paul Corkett, it marks the post-punk legends' first full-length studio release in 16 years, and 14th overall.
To coincide with the announcement, the band have shared the record's first single, Alone, which is an expansive, nearly seven minute track that offers glacial synths and atmospheric guitars following a lengthy instrumental introduction. Smith said:
"It’s 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."
Further details, including the LP's tracklist, are to be revealed in the coming weeks. The news arrives after a series of online teasers, as well as billboards in major cities and postcards sent to fans.
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