The Cure will release first new song in 16 years this week
The Cure have been slowly rolling out a marketing campaign for their first new album in 16 years, Songs of a Lost World. And now, they’re finally getting ready to let us hear the first new music from it. On their social media, they’ve teased a new song “Alone,” which will premiere on Mary Anne Hobbs’ BBC 6 Music radio show. The song will be available on streaming at 7 a.m. Eastern, following the radio premiere.
Robert Smith has been promising a new album from The Cure since at least 2019, when he said they had actually been working on several new albums. “Alone” has been a set opener on their most recent tour, and they’ve been performing it live since 2022.
The Cure’s last album was 2008’s 4:13 Dream. Their 1992 album Wish is included on our list of the 150 Best Albums of the 1990s. Also, read our essay on their 1989 masterpiece Disintegration, which placed at number two on our Treble 100 list.
