THE CURE have launched the second single from their upcoming studio album Songs Of A Lost World.

The plaintive A Fragile Thing follows the release of Alone last month and finds frontman Robert Smith singing of love and loss in typically despondent fashion.

Songs Of A Lost World is the first album from THE CURE since 2008's 4:13 Dream. In the years since, the band have toured extensively but not released any new material, despite occasionally hinting that a new album – or two – were almost ready for release.

Songs Of A Lost World is released on November 1 via Fiction/Polydor across a number of different formats including marble vinyl and white vinyl editions.

The Cure: Songs Of A Lost World tracklist

1. Alone
2. And Nothing Is Forever
3. A Fragile Thing
4. Warsong
5. Drone:Nodrone
6. I Can Never Say Goodbye
7. All I Ever Am
8. Endsong