"Low In High School" album cover posted by Linder on Instagram

Linder just posted what seems to be the cover of the new album! Nothing you wouldn't have expected from Morrissey, to be quite honest...

UPDATE 3:30 PM PT:
Image has been removed from Linder's Instagram.

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Also posted in the comments by Bluebirds:

According to a FB post by James Maker which shows said cover (Follow-up posted by Famous when dead: "James Maker has since clarified the issue - HMV is the problem"):

I publish this in support of a friend, and in the cause of democracy. Trade and Retail* have informed BMG that they will refuse to handle Morrissey's new album, 'Low in High School' on the grounds that the sleeve art is "offensive". Thus, the entire campaign is in jeopardy unless Morrissey and his record company rethink the album cover. x

(* The HMV chain refuse to stock it.)

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Link posted by Famous when dead:

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Posted by unloveable:

Btw that is Mando Lopez son...

And by Famous when dead:

...Indeed, Max Lopez who lives in East L.A.
He was also present in Italy during recording of the album.

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Posted by an anonymous person:

The photograph is by Tony Molina. The musician?

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Media coverage:

• Possible Cover Art for Morrissey’s New Album Low in High School Has Surfaced on Instagram - SPIN. Link from Rene.
• Morrissey’s new album cover revealed? - NME. Link posted by Famous when dead (original post).
  

 

[ninetimesfined]

Before I run for cover I'll say this: the cover isn't that bad...

 

[Sarcasmos]

What an awful cover

 

[gordyboy9]

hmv should put out a statement saying exactly what part of the cover is offensive,get rid of the axe and you have a perfectly acceptable cover,being a fan or not of the royals is subjective and people will have different views on it.the days of mozz on the cover are over because when hit your fifties you look in the mirror and you don't like whats looking back.

 

[g23]

Yes, if you want to mourn democracy

More like mourn the days when his album covers were decent. This is just rather stupid, and I would have assumed, beneath him.

 

[Quando quando quando]

Could he say "no"?

I guess not!

 

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

hmv should put out a statement saying exactly what part of the cover is offensive,get rid of the axe and you have a perfectly acceptable cover,being a fan or not of the royals is subjective and people will have different views on it.the days of mozz on the cover are over because when hit your fifties you look in the mirror and you don't like whats looking back.

Pretty sure it will go like this: In a couple of days HMV will release a statement saying they have never even seen this album cover.

This is a completely made up story trying to make Morrissey look like an underdog. I love him, but this is getting pathetic.

And the cover really sucks.

 

[Famous when dead]

Meanwhile, the marketing genius behind the 'official' FB page decides to win the 'relating song titles to what actual day it is' prize.
- I have maintained for a long time, that if money is the main motivator in the equation, there are far better and more lucrative ways to make said without the type of negative attention this will get in the press in the next few days.
Regards,
FWD.

 

[vegan.cro]

The only LP cover with meaning in 2017; cut the monarchy, cut the elitism, cut the 1 %...
Well done Morrissey! So proud of you!

 

[joe frady]

i'm sure northernleech could educate us on this, but í just don't believe that HMV et al get sent proposed cover art 2 months ahead of retail date for a record that has barely even been mixed&mastered.

all it will take is HMV, should they get wind of this storm in a thimble, to put out a tweet saying 'WTF?' and Moz Inc ends up looking like a prize wazzock, again; see 'QiD' vinyl, Carabiniere-gate, etc.

 

[Lustman]

Great controversial cover

 

[Irregular Regular]

The whole thing is f***ing depressing.
Sad and depressing, unfortunately.

Still, as we all know, nothing ever lasts forever.

 

[manicboy]

I find it offensive in it's lack of art. It's not clever nor is it very witty. The song the Queen is Dead was the ultimate artistic expression against the monarchy and remains so. Compare that cover to this one and you have a barometer as to how pear-shaped it has gone for Moz's career.

 

[Raphael Lambach]

According to a friend of mine, the boy in the cover is Max, Mando's son.

 

[DrStatham]

I mean it isn't really the greatest cover is it... Although personally I'm more concerned it doesn't look like it's in a jewel case

It's never simple with Moz...

 

[Uncleskinny]

Fixed it.

 

[Anonymous]

The kid looks dopey as f***.
Which isn't his fault, it's an ignorant child being used as a prop. But it sums up the level of wit being used here. Appalling.

 

[g23]

I find it offensive in it's lack of art. It's not clever nor is it very witty. The song the Queen is Dead was the ultimate artistic expression against the monarchy and remains so. Compare that cover to this one and you have a barometer as to how pear-shaped it has gone for Moz's career.

It's obviously meant to coincide thematically with the re-release of The Queen is Dead, but in doing so, he invites easy criticism, and unrealistic expectations. Unless it is the most brilliant album of his entire career.
So I'll detest this cover, but keep an open mind for the time on the songs it could possibly contain.

 

[Anonymous]

Nicole Presley, Mando's wife and Max' mother, is the niece of Hope Sandoval

 

[unloveable]

Meanwhile, the marketing genius behind the 'official' FB page decides to win the 'relating song titles to what actual day it is' prize.
- I have maintained for a long time, that if money is the main motivator in the equation, there are far better and more lucrative ways to make said without the type of negative attention this will get in the press in the next few days.
Regards,
FWD.

Agreed! They've been doing this for a while whoever this is , is not a millennial...not that they do better things -
Stop sabotaging your own career Morrissey please stop, let us help you.