Make-up is a Lie

pitchfork

The singer’s 14th album shows signs of progress and signs of regression, artful touches and leaden songwriting—it’s a new Morrissey album.

rollingstone

His 14th album isn’t going to do much to change his strange place in the world, but it proves his pain is real too

thelineofbestfit

Morrissey’s Make Up Is a Lie is hard to love

pastemagazine

His 14th solo album, produced by longtime collaborator Joe Chiccarelli, is rife with boring instrumentals and clunky lyrics that indulge Moz at his most frustratingly gauche.