Failure’s “A Way Down” pulls inspiration from the Cure

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Failure have dropped their new single “A Way Down” from their upcoming seventh studio album, Location Lost, out April 24 via Failure Records/Arduous Records/Virgin Music Group. The track is about miscommunication and loneliness, pulling from early ’80s luminaries like the Cure and Siouxsie & the Banshees. 

“Musically speaking, ‘A Way Down’ is an homage to two bands who actually got me to pick up the guitar and try to write my own music: The Cure and Siouxsie & The Banshees, specifically their early ’80s periods with albums like Juju and Pornography,” Ken Andrews says. “I was captured by the angular guitar approach and the unapologetic dark atmospheres that dripped off those records. Lyrically, ‘A Way Down’ is another study in miscommunication and the resulting loneliness it often brings. No silver linings here.”

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Location Lost was recorded after wrapping up their Hulu/Disney+ documentary Every Time You Lose Your Mind. The LP will include a feature with Paramore’s Hayley Williams on “The Rising Skyline” after years of admiring the band. Next month, Failure will start their headline North American tour with an album release show in LA before a performance at Sick New World. 

Listen to “A Way Down” and check out their 2026 tour dates below. 

Failure 2026 tour dates

04/21 – Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon04/25 – Las Vegas, NV @ Sick New World Festival05/02 – Chicago, IL @ SPACE ECHO @ Radius05/03 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop05/05 – Nashville, TN @ Basement East05/06 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade (Hell)05/08 – Daytona Beach, FL @ Welcome To Rockville Festival05/09 – Asheville, NC @ Eulogy05/10 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle05/12 – New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge05/13 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair05/14 – Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom05/15 – Washington, DC @ Union Stage05/16 – Harrisburg, PA @ Arrow at Archer Music Hall05/17 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts05/19 – Detroit, MI @ Shelter05/20 – Toronto, ON @ Opera House

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