Make-Up Is A Lie

MAKE-UP IS A LIE reunites MORRISSEY with producer Joe Chiccarelli (The Strokes, The White Stripes, Weezer, My Morning Jacket) as he returns to Studio La Fabrique in the Saint-Rémy-de-Provence region of Southern France. With poetic and provocative lyrics, evocatively unpredictable instrumentation, and a title that can be read as an explicit call for unvarnished truth and expression, the 12-song set is poised to further cement MORRISSEY status as one of the most acclaimed and potent voices of the last four decades.

The album’s first single is an intoxicating introduction. Co-written by MORRISSEY keyboardist Camila Grey, “Make-up is a Lie” surges forth on a trip-hop-like groove — echoing drums, propulsive bass riff, mysterious atmosphere — that bursts into swirling dream-pop for the chorus. MORRISSEY vocally floats across the track, weaving a curious tale of a woman who keeps desperately trying to deliver him a message, even in death: 

Ten years passed in boredom

I made my way to Paris

to stand before her gravestone

I read the words in granite

                      one.

                             two.

                                     three four five.

"MAKE-UP IS A LIE! ALL MAKE-UP, MAKE-UP IS A LIE!"

MORRISSEY is joined on MAKE-UP IS A LIE by a familiar cast of characters and bandmates, including Jesse Tobias, Camila Grey, Carmen Vandenberg, Juan Galeano, Alain Whyte, Gustavo Manzur, and Brendan Buckley. The tracklist includes some song titles previously referenced by Morrissey and others never before revealed, as well as a faithful cover of Roxy Music’s 1973 deep cut   “Amazona”.

You’re Right, It’s Time

Make-Up Is A Lie

Notre-Dame

Amazona

Headache

Boulevard

Zoom Zoom the Little Boy

The Night Pop Dropped

Kerching Kerching

Lester Bangs

Many Icebergs Ago

The Monsters of Pig Alley