An anonymous person writes:
Jonathan Coe, author of 'The Rotters Club', talks about 'You Are The Quarry' in this month's edition of 'Word' magazine. It's clear he's a Smiths/Morrissey fan but he expresses his disappointment with the new record. Sadly, I'm afraid I largely agree with his sentiments. Here's what he says:
"I've been trying to like the new Morrissey album. Lyrically he's still on fantastic form and there are two or three wonderful lyrics, particularly the one about forgiving Jesus. But I just think that musically it's so many notches below what he did with Johnny Marr. It's so unexceptional that it just grates on the ear after a while. He's one of the great English comic versifiers, but it's been heralded as a huge comeback and if you listen with a bit of objectivity, you can see that's hype. It's a good record but not as special as the Morrissey machine has been making out".
How very true those words are. Time for some new musicians, then...... (I know I can expect some stick for that comment, but I'll take it!!!).