There is zero reason in 2022 not to self-release. Open to pre-orders - probably taking the money now - get a sense of demand, and order pressings accordingly. Even an artist of Morrissey’s profile could get it sorted with minimal fuss. Townsend Music have been doing the kind of distribution he’d need with big artists for years. I’ve had several albums via them this year, including Suede’s new one, which I’d paid for ages ago.
There’s a label up the road from me run out of a fella’s bedroom, and he recently got an album into that vinyl chart that Moz is apparently so enamoured by. Not for nothing but their artwork absolutely shits on everything trotted out with Morrissey’s name on it since the turn of the millennium.
Once again Team Moz has created a problem that wasn’t there. The self-sabotage that goes on in that man’s name is absolutely incredible.