3/5*s by Alexis Petridis.
Some brilliant lines gleam through the noise on Morrissey’s 11th album, but others – about war and Israel – are sneering and reactionary.
Excerpt:
"In a world of flux and change, there’s a certain comforting familiarity about the arrival of a new Morrissey album. We’ve had stage one: the signing of a fresh record contract, replete with gushing praise. And, indeed, stage two: promotion of new album overshadowed by Morrissey’s inclination to make public statements that suggest – and let us pick our words carefully here – that some of his views may tend a little towards the reactionary. This time, he used a BBC 6 Music live broadcast to complain that Ukip’s leadership contest was rigged to prevent a win by Anne Marie Waters, an openly anti-Islam candidate. If nothing else, it was a comment that offered a chilling insight into everyday goings-on chez Moz: sequestered away in his Hollywood mansion, spending his downtime fulminating over the leadership elections of such a party back home. What a life."
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2...w-old-greatness-spoiled-by-ugliness-and-spite
Another review picking up on production 'noise'.
Regards,
FWD.
Some brilliant lines gleam through the noise on Morrissey’s 11th album, but others – about war and Israel – are sneering and reactionary.
Excerpt:
"In a world of flux and change, there’s a certain comforting familiarity about the arrival of a new Morrissey album. We’ve had stage one: the signing of a fresh record contract, replete with gushing praise. And, indeed, stage two: promotion of new album overshadowed by Morrissey’s inclination to make public statements that suggest – and let us pick our words carefully here – that some of his views may tend a little towards the reactionary. This time, he used a BBC 6 Music live broadcast to complain that Ukip’s leadership contest was rigged to prevent a win by Anne Marie Waters, an openly anti-Islam candidate. If nothing else, it was a comment that offered a chilling insight into everyday goings-on chez Moz: sequestered away in his Hollywood mansion, spending his downtime fulminating over the leadership elections of such a party back home. What a life."
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2...w-old-greatness-spoiled-by-ugliness-and-spite
Another review picking up on production 'noise'.
Regards,
FWD.