News: Morrissey To Release SWORDS 11/3, Tour West Coast Late Fall
The album was compiled by Morrissey who is surely in the rudest of creative health. They’re subtly assembled and sequenced –the feeling of approaching extinction in the beautiful “The Never-Played Symphonies” followed by a promise of a reunion in the afterlife on “Sweetie-Pie.” As Morrissey said of the Tour Of Refusal in March, “all of our answers will be in our songs.”
Initial quantities of SWORDS will come with a bonus disc featuring eight superb live performances recorded in Warsaw in July this year. This will include songs from Morrissey’s last two albums and 1994’s Vauxhall And I, plus The Smiths’ “You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby,” first heard on the group’s 1986 b-side collection The World Won’t Listen. In October and November Morrissey and his band will also tour the UK and Europe, with new American dates scheduled for later in the year.
SWORDS will be released in the UK on October 26th and November 3rd in the US.
SWORDS Tracklist:
Good Looking Man About Town
Don’t Make Fun Of Daddy’s Voice
If You Don’t Like Me, Don’t Look At Me
Ganglord
My Dearest Love
The Never-Played Symphonies
Sweetie-Pie
Christian Dior
Shame Is The Name
Munich Air Disaster 1958
I Knew I Was Next
It’s Hard To Walk Tall When You’re Small
Teenage Dad On His Estate
Children In Pieces
Friday Mourning
My Life Is A Succession Of People Saying Goodbye
Drive-In Saturday
Because Of My Poor Education
Limited edition bonus disc:
Black Cloud
I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris
I Just Want To See The Boy Happy
Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself
One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby
Life Is A Pigsty
I’m OK By Myself
SWORDS Tour Dates:
11/29: Seattle, WA @ Paramount
11/30: Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
12/2: Oakland, CA @ Paramount
12/4: Indio, CA @ Fantasy Springs
12/5: Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint
12/7: Pomona, CA @ Fox Theatre
12/8: San Diego, CA @ Copley Symphony Hall
12/10: Los Angeles, CA @ Gibson Amphitheatre
12/11: Ventura, CA @ Ventura Theatre
Morrissey – Something Is Squeezing My Skull
Morrissey -Something Is Squeezing My Skull
Live video for Morrissey’s latest single “Something Is Squeezing My Skull”
Morrissey – Something is Squeezing My Skull
You just can’t turn down the cleverness of a good Morrissey lyric. The man has honed his craft into a fine engine that continues to churn verses such as, “I’m doing very well/I can black out the present and the past now/I know by now you think I should have straightened myself out/Thank you, drop dead.” That’s Morrissey for you and you can’t ask him to change what has made his work so appealing to so many.
“Something is Squeezing My Skull” won’t garner a new audience…and that’s a shame. The defiant hook, lead by guitar, isn’t extraordinarily special or updated but the lyrics are just as good as they were back when he was leading The Smiths through the 80s – maybe better. Is there something new or distinctive about this song from previous ones? No. Not at all and nor does it matter or does Morrissey care. It’s kind of the point of the song.
It’s true that Morrissey’s voice has lost the luster of his youth but it also complements the life of a man who has been around the block and then some. He repeatedly pleads through the last verse, “Don’t give me anymore,” after unleashing a litany of drugs used to treat manic depression and anxiety and if this is what the “modern world” has done to this poor man, imagine what it will do to a new generation of musicians and songwriters Morrissey has inspired.
“Something is Squeezing My Skull” is from Morrissey’s latest, Years of Refusal, released in February.
By Carlos Detres
Morrissey announces new single details
Morrissey releases “Something Is Squeezing My Skull” on April 27th across three formats. The single will be backed with a few live cuts. The full run down is below
Tracklisting
CD #1
1. Something Is Squeezing My Skull
2. Best Friend On The Payroll (live)
CD #2
1. Something Is Squeezing My Skull
2. This Charming Man (live)
7-inch
Side A
1. Something Is Squeezing My Skull
Side B
1. I Keep Mine Hidden (live)