Failure Share New Song "A Way Down": Listen

Skip to ContentNew MusicFailure – “A Way Down”By Tom Breihan9:03 AM EDT on March 20, 2026Share on FacebookShare on RedditShare on EmailShare on BlueskyLindsey ByrnesLA alt-rock veterans Failure are a textbook cult band, and they've inspired many of their younger peers. Next month, they'll release Location Lost, their seventh album, and we've already posted lead single "The Air's On Fire." The LP features an appearance from Failure devotee Hayley Williams, who recently joined frontman Ken Andrews to cover a Failure song at an LA benefit. But Failure's new single isn't the Williams collab; it's the trio's musical salute to the goth-rock that originally inspired them.Failure's latest is called "A Way Down," and it's a majestic guitar-churn. Here's what Andrews says about the track in a press release: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. 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.Check it out below.Location Lost is out 4/24 on Failure Records/Arduous Records/Virgin Music Group.Share on FacebookShare on RedditShare on EmailShare on BlueskyTom Breihan@tombreihan.bsky.socialRead More:FailureGET THE STEREOGUM DIGESTThe week's most important music stories and least important music memes.EmailSign upMore from New MusicExplore New MusicNew MusicFoo Fighters – “Caught In The Echo”March 20, 2026New MusicKreidler Announce New Album Schemes: Hear “Marble Upset”March 19, 2026New MusicModern Woman – “Daniel”March 19, 2026New MusicZiemba – “The Perfect Rose”March 19, 2026New MusicJump Source – “Empty Bars” (Feat. billy woods) & “Close” (Feat. POiSON GiRL FRiEND)March 19, 2026New MusicCLT DRP – “What Is She For?”March 19, 2026