The song is the band’s first new single in 16 years and heralds their forthcoming LP, Songs of a Lost World, out November 1 Robert Smith of the Cure. Courtesy of Capitol Records have released a , “Alone,” the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted band’s first new song since 2008. “It’s the track that unlocked the record,” frontman shared of the seven-minute epic in a statement.
“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.” “Alone” is the opening track on the Cure’s forthcoming LP, , set for release Nov.
1 via Capitol Records. The album, the group’s 14th studio release, is their first in 16 years. They previewed several tracks during their recent Shows of a Lost World tour (the band first performed “Alone” live nearly two years ago in at Arēna Rīga in Latvia).
was written and arranged by Smith, produced and mixed by Smith and Paul Corkett and performed by the Cure. The album was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales. Smith created the sleeve c.