- Music
- 10 Jul 14
Olaf Tyaransen reckons World Peace Is None Of Your Business is "probably Morrissey's best solo effort since 1994's Vauxhall And I."
The latest issue of Hot Press (Longitude cover) has landed and our lead album review finds Olaf Tyaransen dissecting the tenth solo album from Morrissey.
With World Peace Is None Of Your Business due to drop tomorrow in Ireland (before anywhere else), Tyaransen notes that the Mancunian icon is "not attempting to reinvent the wheel: some truly great lyrics are set to familiar Morrissey-esque melodies."
Of the much talked-about, strong subject matter of the lyrics, he writes:
"Moz’s utter disdain for the likes of, say, the Royal Family will come as no surprise to anybody (he even penned a memorably scathing article in these very pages when the Queen visited Ireland), but here he’s seemingly displaying contempt for the entire western democratic process.
'Police will stun you with their stun guns/ Or they’ll disable you with tasers/ That’s what government’s for... The rich must profit and get richer/ And the poor must stay poor/ Oh, you poor little fool- oh, you fool.'"
For the full, in-depth review, pick up a copy of Hot Press, on sale now