UPDATE 2: A new Moz track has leaked!

A track has leaked from Moz's new album! The song is quite raw/aggressive with some middle eastern-type sounds.

• "I Will See You In Far Off Places" [4:12]
  Track taken down in case the lawyers come a calling.

It's the opening track on the album, but not the first single.

"If your god bestows protection upon you / and if the u.s.a. doesn't bomb you..."

UPDATE: Stream the new single "You Have Killed Me" at myspace.

Comments

[Matt]

Ahhhh.....Morrissey...

Eases the pain....

[Ryan97ou]

come on moz...people never liked you because of your politcal ideas...sing about some heartbreak and feeling insufficient already...this song is the worst...but thanks torr, for letting me hear it

[torr]

I like this song, especially the part I quoted above, and the trumpet & "la la la"s at the end.

"People never liked you because of your political ideas"?

Yeah, no one liked Meat Is Murder did they. [sarcasm]

[Steve]

I could do without the trumpets, but this is otherwise excellent. Goes for the "physicality" and experimentation of Southpaw without being retarded. The raw sound helps in a big way.

Ringleader of Torr's Mentors, indeed.

[torr]

I quite liked most of the Southpaw album; tack the b-sides on and it's a great album.

[xolondon]

OOH I hate Southpaw. This song, I am sort of neutral on, but maybe it will sound better in high qual, amongst its siblings.

Nice romantic piccie though. I wonder if straight guys still swoon in his presence? Or should I say "straight" guys?

[Steve]

>>I quite liked most of the Southpaw album; tack the b-sides on and it's a great album.<<

You must be thinking of Maladjusted!

[torr]

Nah, Moz just always has great b-sides!

[Brian Wilkinson]

Moz can do no wrong and one listen of one track off the new album proves so. For those who loath the man I will be the 'ringleader of the tormentors' just for you for I adore the man and his poetry. The only reason most people in the so called 'music Industry' do not talk of politics and relegion is that they are too stupid too understand.

[torr]

"Journalists Who Lie", oops, Moz did wrong.

[suedehead]

Well, don't hold out much hope for the new LP. The last one was pants....quarry lyrics are embarrassing (even if he does always surround himself with top notch musicians). Seriously treading water since Vauxhall & I......but still the undisputed king of the song title.

[xolondon]

You thought the last CD had bad lyrics? Even "Let Me Kiss You"? YOu thought it was "pants"? Wow! High standards! I love much of that record and many of the b's even more.

[torr]

"treading water since V&I"? Southpaw was like nothing he'd ever done before, and now this song sounds totally new for him.

btw, the entire new album was written by new guy Jessie Tobias, except one song "Life Is A Pigsty", a 7-minute song written by Alain.

[Kevin]

Well I'm un-impressed (sorry to say). It's not horrible but certainly not something to write home about. It's just bland lyrics placed over a convoluted hodge-podge of sound. (Seems like Tobias tried too hard). One thing though...Matt Chamberlain sure appears to be a better drummer that Deano. I am Not saying Deano was bad! It's just that It seems like Chamberlain might be a way bit better.

[rp]

eh, huge fan, so of course I love it. I just think Moz always does something at least interesting.
YATQ was a really cool record. Irish Blood, English Heart kicked ass, not to mention most of the album tracks...

[craig]

A storming opener heavier in sound to most mozzer stuff and all the better for it great yadder yadder yas at the end well done to all involved

i like it. Julia

[nige]

Mozza goes all "Kashmir" on us, eh ? Great stuff - thanks for sharing - now looking forward even more to his gig here in Liverpool in May ....

I've been a Moz fan since I was 10 (1986). This is by far the worst song I have heard him make.
Boring as hell.
Drop the politics Moz, it doesnt help in the lyric area.
Political lyrics do not equal "better lyrics"
Better Lyrics equals "Better lyrics"

[torr]

This song isn't great, but to say it's his worst ever is ridiculous, he's done at least a dozen worse songs in his solo career. Now if you wanna say it's his worst album opener, that I might agree wit.

And as for complaining about his politics, I seem to remember albums called Meat Is Murder, The Queen Is Dead, and Moz declaring "Thatcher assassination could be justified", and "The kind people / have a wonderful dream / Margaret on the guillotine"

[mozbore]

"People never liked you because of your political ideas"?

Yeah, no one liked Meat Is Murder did they. [sarcasm]

The only thing about Meat Is Murder that is political is the picture on the album cover.... Not a bad album though..

[Loreana]

Beginning wasn't so great.
I liked the end...

Bona Drag is still my favourite album.

He should stick to politics about England. It seems he may have known what he was talking about when it came to HIS country. The recent comments on the US seem to be giant broad strokes and come off like he doesn't know anything specific. Which I doubt he does.
I think this is the WORST song because this is a horrible introduction to an albumn. IFFF this is the single, this will be bad bad album.
Even Maladjusted had a pretty good single to start with!

[torr]

"The recent comments on the US seem to be giant broad strokes and come off like he doesn't know anything specific."

That's hypocritical, you're saying he can only talk politics about 'his' country. But he lived in the U.S. from '97 to '05, I think that qualifies him to talk u.s. politics. If you feel he painted with broad strokes in his comments on the u.s. than he did no different in his comments on the UK. Either you allow him to talk politics (which is inherently globel) or you don't. You can't have it both ways.

"IFFF this is the single"

No one ever said this might be a single.

[Michael]

I love the way Moz gets people going even now. Gotta love Moz

[chupachotas]

"come on moz...people never liked you because of your politcal ideas..." uhmm, I do.

Maybe you don't want to hear about this things, but he has the right to sing about arab victims by american bombs.And musically it sounds quite good. I say.

[xolondon]

Jesus! I just heard "Dear God" and it got me teary-eyed! He's never really done something like this - it's got a very REM lullaby melody and I love the whole "the heart feels free" bit.

Everyone will collapse in a sobbing heap when he does this live. Such a surprise after feeling so "meh" about the single. Thanks for the link.

[Ronda]

In case you didn't hear it before it was yanked - First track from the album is back up!

http://rhaplinks.listen.com/rhaplink?track=9135399&from=rhapweb