[MUSIC NEWS] LLOYD COLE Announces New Album

Lloyd Cole will release a new album, ‘On Pain’, on June 23 via earMUSIC. 

‘On Pain’ is Lloyd’s twelfth album as a solo artist and features eight new Lloyd Cole songs, four of which are co-written by Commotions founding members Blair Cowan and Neil Clark, who also perform on the record. The album is produced by Chris Merrick Hughes and was recorded in Lloyd’s attic studio The Establishment. As a special for all fans limited and signed ‘On Pain’ art prints will be made available.Says Lloyd: “I’m excited to still be finding new methods, new perspectives, new sounds. The album may be nearing commercial death, but my career has been in that state for almost 30 years and here we are, still, and I still want to make albums. I still want to be heard.”

Lloyd Cole has released 16 studio albums including three with The Commotions [‘Rattlesnakes’ (84), ‘Easy Pieces’ (’85), Mainstream (’87)] eleven solo albums [‘Lloyd Cole’ (’90), ‘Don’t Get Weird On Me Babe’ (’91), ‘Bad Vibes’ (’93), ‘Love Story’ (95), ‘Plastic Wood’ (’01), ‘Music In A Foreign Language’ (’03), ‘Anti Depressant’ (’06), ‘Broken Record’ (’10), ‘Standards’ (’13), ‘1D’ (’15), ‘Guesswork’ (’19)], one with The Negatives [‘The Negatives (2000)] and one with Hans Joachim Roedelius [‘Selected Studies Vol. 1’ (’13)].

In March, prior to the release of the album, Lloyd will release a digital EP of (p)remixes of the epic album closer ‘Wolves’. 

The EP mixes are
Wolves – Martyn Ware and Charles Stooke mix
Wolves – Barry Burns (Mogwai) mix
Wolves – Lloyd Cole Red Star mix
Wolves – Chris Merrick Hughes alternative mix
Wolves – Olaf Opal mix

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