Morrissey to begin work on new album

16 January 2014, 12:59 | Updated: 22 April 2014, 17:54

Morrissey

It looks like we could be hearing new music from Morrissey.

The former Smiths man has signed a two-album deal with Capitol Music in Los Angeles, according to fan site/portal to Moz True-to-you.net.

Morrissey is heading into a studio in France to record the record, starting 1 February.

The album will be Joe Chiccarelli (Counting Crows, The Shins, My Morning Jacket).

He will be joined by musicians Boz Boorer (guitar), Jesse Tobias (guitar), Gustavo Manzur (piano), Solomon Walker (bass guitar) and Matt Walker (drums).

This will be Morrissey's first album since 2009's Years Of Refusal.

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