The Queen Is Dead (2023) LP fg_Catalog Number_B003639301 Befitting an album quite literally

Befitting an album quite literally written on the commute between the two places he called home

He strove to openly challenge himself to move away from what he describes as “the classic rock” tone of the past few albums he’s put out

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But fate took Erickson down a meandering path via the Houston psychiatric hospital where he was institutionalized for almost a decade following a diagnosis with paranoid schizophrenia in 1968

The Queen Is Dead (2023) LP fg_Catalog Number_B003639301 Befitting an album quite literallyContrived by Johnny Marr, The Smiths evolved when Marr unearthed Morrissey and insisted upon a collaboration. The idea was to produce songs which were always instantaneous and listenable whilst also provoking deep thought; emeshing Morrissey's words with Marr's music in a sound which, above all, would stand apart without being inaccessible or esoteric. The guitar based songs would blend melody without havoc, as the words born out of absolute physical