A minimum of one report label is blissful to launch new Morrissey music. The Smiths’ founder has signed a brand new contract with Sire Data, reports Rolling Stone, three years after the singer’s earlier house, Capitol, shelved a completed album, and 5 years after BMG formally dropped him—a improvement Moz blamed on new administration and, uh, “variety.”
“BMG have appointed a brand new Govt who doesn’t need one other Morrissey album,” he wrote in a press release on the time. “The brand new BMG Govt has introduced new plans for ‘variety’ inside BMG’s artist roster, and all projected BMG Morrissey releases/reissues have been scrapped. This information is completely in line with the relentless galvanic horror of 2020.”
Morrissey has spent the following years teasing two already-recorded, full-length followups to 2020’s I am Not a Dog on a Chain. The primary, Bonfire of Youngsters, options Chad Smith, Flea, and Iggy Pop. Initially, Capitol was set to launch the album earlier than it reportedly shelved it. “Each main label in London has refused Bonfire of Youngsters while additionally admitting that it’s a masterpiece,” Morrissey told The Telegraph in 2024. “And though there’s nothing insulting or antagonistic within the title observe, label bosses say they’re fearful that The Guardian would make their lives hell in the event that they supported any such social consciousness.” Much less is thought concerning the second completed Moz album, You’re Proper, It’s Time.
The Sire information comes after Morrissey was forced to cancel two exhibits on his 2025 North American tour following a web based demise menace. That very same month, the singer claimed he was promoting his rights to the Smiths’ catalog.
We’ve reached out to Sire Data for touch upon when followers can anticipate new Morrissey music.
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