Morrissey recording new album and writing a novel

Morrissey has held a Q&A with fansite True-To-You, outlining some interesting upcoming plans.

Firstly, he’s got a new album coming up – following on from 2009′s Years Of Refusal. “We are about to record our new album, and one of the tracks is called “Istanbul”,” he tells the site.

He’s also supposedly working on a novel. “In 2013 I published my Autobiography and it has been more successful than any record I have ever released,” Morrissey begins. “So, yes, I am mid-way through my novel. I have my hopes.”

Though it may be safer to take this last remark with a pinch of salt, he does discuss his qualms with the music world: “The actuality is that radio stations will not play my music, and the majority of people have lost faith in the music industry, and it’s generally assumed – quite rightly – that the number one chart positions are “bought” by the major labels, so there really is no passion left in pop or rock music, and I don’t think people believe for an instant that the faces we constantly see on television and in magazines are remotely popular.”

Don’t expect any Smiths reunion to be happening any time soon, however. Or ever, really, with Moz writing in damning terms: “As an entity, I have no interest in the Smiths, so as long as I’m not asked about the Smiths, I won’t slip into permanent unconsciousness. And that’s a promise.”

Ever outspoken, the singer also goes on to compare meat-eating to child abuse. “I see no difference between eating animals and paedophilia,” he states. “They are both rape, violence, murder. If I’m introduced to anyone who eats beings, I walk away.”

You can read the entire Q&A here.

[via FACT]