New Music: Alone

           

The legendary English goth-rock band The Cure are back with their first new song in 16 years, and it's called "Alone" an almost-7-minute-long track, harking back to the sound of their classic '80s and '90s records, Disintegration and Wish mainly, with an atmospheric synth line and angular lead guitar, the haunting voice by frontman Robert Smith's appears after the 3-minute with this statement: "This is the end of every song that we sing / The fire burned out to ash and the stars grown dim with tears."Alone' is the opening track from The Cure's forthcoming record, Songs of a Lost World, due out November 1. It's produced by Smith and Paul Corkett.