LLOYD COLE

new studio album

“Guesswork”

+ touring Australia this December

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“So I’m a complicated motherfucker

You knew that”

Night Sweats

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Lloyd Cole has released his new album ‘Guesswork’ via earMUSIC/Sony Music Australia.  

Recorded (mostly) in his attic studio in Massachusetts, ‘Guesswork’ is produced by Lloyd and mixed by maverick German producer Olaf Opal, with executive production from Chris Hughes. 

The record was mastered by Kai Blankenberg at Skyline Tonfabrik in Dusseldorf.

All songs are by Lloyd Cole apart from ‘Remains’ and ‘When I Came Down From The Mountain’, which were written by Lloyd and Blair Cowan.  

The album is available on CD, vinyl, DL and streaming platforms. 

Lloyd collaborated with three other musicians on ‘Guesswork’, most notable of whom are two former bandmates – guitarist Neil Clark and keyboard player Blair Cowan – who found themselves working together on an album with Lloyd for the first time since The Commotions’ swansong ‘Mainstream’ in 1987. However anyone expecting a Commotions sound will be on the wrong tack: ‘Guesswork’ is predominantly an ‘electronic’ album. Lloyd, Blair Cowan and another longtime Lloyd associate Fred Maher (drummer on Lloyd’s early solo albums and his last album 2013’s ‘Standards’) have fashioned the ‘Guesswork’ sound from classic and modern keyboard, modular and drum synthesizers, though guitars played by both Lloyd and Neil Clark do feature. Lloyd’s ear for a melody, his lyrical smarts, and his unmistakable voice ensure these songs stand shoulder to shoulder with anything he has previously written.

“I might just stop breathing
I might just stop keeping time
With the violins
Or I might come out swinging
And what if I sang out of key
With the violins?”

Violins

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Says Lloyd: “When I was 27, the concept of the washed up older guy seemed very entertaining. Now I’m starting to think that old age could be a lot more fun. Because really what have we got to lose?”

The portrait of Lloyd that graces the cover of ‘Guesswork’ is by Glasgow Art School graduate and former singer of The Big Dish, Steven Lindsay.

Lloyd Cole will tour Australia in December. The full list of dates is:

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DECEMBER

6  HOBART Theatre Royal

7  BENDIGO Ulumbarra Theatre

9  CANBERRA Canberra Theatre Centre

11  MELBOURNE Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

12  ADELAIDE Dunstan Playhouse

14  LISMORE City Hall

15  BRISBANE    Concert Hall QPAC

20  SYDNEY City Recital Hall

22  FREMANTLE Freo Social

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