Popular British goth band The Cure released its first new song in 16 years Thursday when “Alone” debuted on BBC 6 Music radio Thursday morning.
The nearly 7-minute single portends their long-awaited album “Songs of a Lost World,” which is schedule for release on Nov. 1.
“This is the end of every song that we sing,” are the first lyrics sung by frontman Robert Smith.
Those words come halfway into the highly anticipated track.
“It’s the track that unlocked the record,” the 65-year-old singer said in a press release. “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.”
“Alone” is The Cure’s first new music since their 13th studio album, “4:13 Dream,” dropped on October 2008. They’ve hinted new music was on the way — including Smith’s telling Rolling Stone the band recorded 19 tracks for an album coming out around Halloween 2023. That date passed without a release.
The band’s 2023 tour included three stops at Madison Square Garden last year where they performed tunes from the upcoming album including “Alone,” which served as the opener all three nights.
The Cure formed in 1976, performing under the name Easy Cure. They shortened their name a couple years later, according to the group’s bio page. In 1979 their debut album “Three Imaginary Boys” produced the underground hits “Boys Don’t Cry” and “Jumping Someone Else’s Train.”
Those songs set the mold for the dreamy, often drab, layered arrangements the band has played under Smith’s sometimes melancholy lyrics for nearly 40 years.
The Cure were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2019, where they were introduced by Nine Inch Nails singer Trent Reznor. Bands including Smashing Pumpkins, My Chemical Romance and Fall Out Boy have also paid homage to the Cure.
With News Wire Services
