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The Cure releases 'Alone', their first single in 16 years at noon BST/7am Eastern/4am Pacific.
Pre-save here - thecure.lnk.to/Alone
But before that, ""The Cure's 'Alone' will debut on Mary Anne Hobbs‘s BBC Radio 6Music show on September 26, between 10.30am and 1pm GMT. Further details about the Songs of a Lost World album will also be revealed that day."
You can listen online here.
From The Tongue of Kai:
Some promos of the album got sent out to a selected group of journos. So expect some reviews in the next couple of days. :D
From Richard Bellia:
Songs of a Lost World was played in its entirety to about ten journalists in a Universal Paris office this afternoon. One of them was seen crying while listening, "it's so beautiful"
From what The Tongue of Kai has heard, no. Not confirmed, just what he's heard.
"There are no B-Sides and no physical releases for the singles. Doesn't make any sense anymore these days anyway. Singles are digital releases only."
And you can pre-save Songs of a Lost World here - https://thecure.lnk.to/SongsOfALostWorld
Pre-save The Cure's Alone here - https://thecure.lnk.to/Alone
From The Quietus:
The Cure to Release New Single ‘Alone’ This Week
The band's long-awaited new single will come along with full details of their next studio LP Songs Of A Lost World
The Cure have announced that their new single ‘Alone’ will be released this week, the first track from their first new studio album in sixteen years, Songs Of A Lost World.
The song will debut on Mary Anne Hobbs’ BBC Radio 6Music show on 26 September between 10.30am and 1pm.
That day will also see full details shared of Songs Of A Lost World, which the band have been teasing in recent weeks. You can see artwork for the new single below.
Songs Of A Lost World will be The Cure’s first album since 2008’s 4:13 Dream, with a release date of 1 November confirmed in postcards that were sent out to the band’s fans. A poster was also erected outside the Crawley pub where they played their first ever show.
A preview of ‘Alone’ was made available to fans who signed up to The Cure’s website and joined a WhatsApp community, who were sent a short audio clip.
Mary Anne Hobbs announcing Alone will be played during her show @BBC6Music on Thursday. @thecure #thecure pic.twitter.com/TzFSuMCXFS
— Aaron Law (@AaronLaw92) September 23, 2024
Lol will be doing a discussion and signing for Goth: A History at Seaside Oddities Expo at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in the Callahan Center. Reservation required.
The Cure - Alone (krótki framgent)#thecure #thecurepl #songsofalostworld pic.twitter.com/sYislMz3N7
— The Cure PL (@thecurepl) September 20, 2024
Got two messages on Whatsapp, an email, and the Alone sample is also on https://www.songsofalost.world/?vvsa_consumer_id=7835557&vvsa_tracking=_vvsa_Jry7XHaO622118
Samples are different on the website and WhatsApp.
It's absolutely gorgeous!
Vamberator, the new band from Jem Tayle and Boris Williams, have released 'I Used To Be Lou Reed', the 2nd single from their forthcoming album 'Age of Loneliness'.
https://vamberator.bandcamp.com/track/i-used-to-be-lou-reed-3
Hmm...here's a new piece of art for @heartresearchuk that you might be interested in. It's called DRONE: NO DRONE. The artist is anonymous as always. But you might get a hint from the title and the description.
4 more pieces to be revealed soon.
Keep getting emails about this, and looks like I forgot to post about it here (much more active on Twitter and Bluesky. CraigatCoF on both).
So when you go to the new website (https://www.songsofalost.world) and sign up, you'll get two emails. First to verify you, second with a link to join them on Whatsapp. Nothing much has happened yet. Just this message.
