Morrissey Returns With New Album Make-Up Is a Lie

Morrissey’s meandering comeback has lastly arrived. A single, with the very Morrissey title of “Make-Up Is a Lie,” arrived this morning, and you’ll hear it beneath. The music, co-written with keyboardist Camila Gray, leads an album of the identical identify that marks Morrissey’s return to the Warner label Sire and his reunion with producer Joe Chiccarelli. That’s out March 6. Try the tracklist, which features a cowl of Roxy Music’s “Amazona,” beneath, together with the album artwork.

The standing of recent Morrissey music has been up within the air for years. He has lately been teasing a pair of albums, neither of which known as Make-Up Is a Lie. One, Bonfire of Youngsters, options Chad Smith, Flea, and Iggy Pop; according to Morrissey, each main label that hears it considers it a masterpiece however is simply too scared to launch it, due to Morrissey’s politics. The opposite file is titled You’re Proper, It’s Time. Morrissey launched his final album, I Am Not a Dog on a Chain, in 2020, with a marketing campaign that intently adopted his endorsement of far-right political celebration For Britain Motion on Fallon. He has spent latest months cancelling reveals on a precarious tour that’s nonetheless ongoing.