Morrissey Releases ‘California Son’ Following Acclaimed Broadway Run

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Today Morrissey is releasing his much-anticipated twelfth studio album California Son(Étienne Records/BMG). The collection of 60/70s covers sees the Britpop icon put his incomparable spin on trailblazers like Joni Mitchell (“Don’t Interrupt the Sorrow”) andBob Dylan (“Only a Pawn In Their Game”) as well as more obscure figures like early gay icon Jobriath (“Morning Starship”) and political activist Phil Ochs (“Days of Decision”). Paying equal tribute to the marginalized stars as he does household names—and taking on these covers with features from modern alt-rock royalty including Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day), Ed Droste (Grizzly Bear), Sameer Gadhia (Young the Giant), and LP—the record encompasses a bridge between rock music’s past, present, and future.

In celebration of the release, a special limited-edition California Son “Ultimate M Box” bundle will be released. The deluxe merch set includes a California Son album vinyl, a “Wedding Bell Blues” 7′ vinyl, a limited-release Crosley Record Player, a celebratory pin, and a special-edition Morrissey shirt.

The record comes on the heels of Morrissey’s sold-out Broadway residency at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater in New York City, where he brought the jangly melancholia that has made him a household name to The Great White Way for seven critically-acclaimed nights. This fall, Morrissey will go on a U.S. tour in support of California Son with post-punk luminaries Interpol that spans both the East and West Coasts.

CALIFORNIA SON 

TRACK LISTING

1. “Morning Starship” (Jobriath) with Ed Droste of Grizzly Bear

2. “Don’t Interrupt The Sorrow” (Joni Mitchell)

3. “Only a Pawn In Their Game” (Bob Dylan) with Petra Haden

4. “Suffer the Little Children” (Buffy St Marie)

5. “Days of Decision” (Phil Ochs) with Sameer Gadhia of Young The Giant

6. “It’s Over” (Roy Orbison) with LP

7. “Wedding Bell Blues” (The Fifth Dimension) with Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day & Lydia Night of The Regrettes

8. “Loneliness Remembers What Happiness Forgets” (Dionne Warwick)

9. “Lady Willpower” (Gary Puckett)

10. “When You Close Your Eyes” (Carly Simon) with Petra Haden

11. “Lenny’s Tune” (Tim Hardin)

12. “Some Say I Got Devil” (Melanie)