The Cure is back with a new song for the first time in 16 years

After MUCH teasing, Robert Smith and The Cure have returned with a new song entitled “Alone,” their first new music in 16 years. It’s from an album entitled Songs of a Lost World, their 14th studio album, which will be out November 1.

Robert has this to say about the song:

“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.”

The rest of the tracklisting will be releases via social media over the coming weeks.

Fans will be happy to learn that Robert Smith was very UNhappy while making this record. That means it’s probably going to be a killer. Note the super-long highly- evocative intro (3:30!!!) to this song. In the age of streaming, that’s a lost art.