The Cure Share “Alone” – Lead Single to Their First New Album in 16 Years
Songs of a Lost World Due Out November 1 on Fiction/Capitol
Sep 26, 2024 Photography by Sam Rockman
The Cure have shared “Alone,” which is the lead single from their forthcoming new album, Songs of a Lost World, which will be the iconic band’s first studio album in 16 years. Songs of a Lost World is due out November 1 on Fiction/Capitol. Watch the lyric video for “Alone” below, followed by the album’s cover artwork.
The Cure’s frontman Robert Smith had this to say about “Alone” in a press release: “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.”
Smith wrote and arranged all the songs on Songs of a Lost World. He produced and mixed the album with Paul Corkett. The Cure’s current lineup on the album is: Robert Smith (voice/guitar/6 string bass/keyboard), Simon Gallup (bass), Jason Cooper (drums/percussion), Roger O’Donnell (keyboard), and Reeves Gabrels (guitar). Songs of a Lost World was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales.
The album cover features “Bagatelle,” a 1975 sculpture by Janez Pirnat, and was designed by longtime Cure collaborator Andy Vella (from a concept by Smith). The album’s tracklist is yet to be revealed.
The Cure’s last studio album was 2008’s 4:13 Dream and Songs of a Lost World has long been in the works and teased for release several times over the years. In recent weeks the band have sent out postcards to fans to tease the album, as well as updating their social media channels, launching a mysterious new website (www.songsofalost.world), and even putting up a flyer promoting the album in a pub in Crawley, the town where The Cure formed in 1978.
Since 4:13 Dream, the band have continued to tour. In 2021 Smith collaborated with the Scottish band CHVRCHES on their song “How Not to Drown.” In 2020 he collaborated with Gorillaz on the song “Strange Timez.” In 2019 The Cure were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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