Lloyd Cole - Music in a Foreign Language

Release schedule is:
Single - June 2nd
Music in a Foreign Language (radio fade)
c/w ClaireFontaine (long)
ClaireFontaine (short)
Music in a Foreign Language (full length)

Album June 9th - Music in a Foreign Language

Music in a Foreign Language / My Other Life / Late Night, Early Town /
Cutting Out / No More Love Songs / Today I¹m not So Sure / My Alibi /
People Ain¹t No Good / Brazil / Shelf Life

"No More Love Songs was originally on the Negatives album but it became the preferred song to open my solo set. The album is an attempt to get the vibe of the folk shows on record without making a guitar and voice record. I play guitar and piano, acoustic and electric, bass, and program drum machines and string synths.. there are a few guest musicians, some familiar, some new. There is no drum kit, so I guess it is not a rock record.. but I don't really know what people are going to call it..

The single B-side song - Clairefontaine - was the only song left off the record after the final mixes, there are 2 versions, quite different from each other, the long version is a rough mix of mine made before I rearranged it. This song amuses me in that it was the only song written to order for the record.. I thought the other 10 were too dense and maybe a little dark and needed something light to split them up.. I spent a very, very long time on the song only to find that, ultimately, the other 10 were not so dark and it was not needed.. I think it is quite beautiful, but it does not sit right with the others..welcome to my life in the studio..

The second single b-sides will be early versions of a couple of the album tracks before they were re-arranged - eg. My Alibi was written and originally recorded on piano.. there is no piano on the finished version.

Concerts April - ­June 2003
All shows are solo acoustic.

Mon April 21st
Northampton, MA Iron Horse
http://www.iheg.com/iron_horse_main.asp

Tuesday April 22nd and Wed 23rd
New York City ­ Joe¹s Pub
2 shows each night 7pm and 9.30
http://www.publictheater.org/

Thurs May 8th
Bolton Albert Halls
http://www.alberthalls-bolton.co.uk/
www.ticketline.co.uk

Sat May 10th
Ayr Burns Festival
Tickets available from:
Burns an¹ a¹ that hotline: 01292 678 100
Ayr Tourist information Centre
22 Sandgate
Ayr, KA7 1BW
Personal callers only

Burns National Heritage Park
Murdoch Lone
Alloway, KA7 4PQ
01292 443 700

Tickets Scotland
127 Rose Street
Edinburgh
0131 220 3234

239 Argyle Street
Glasgow
0141 204 5151

Tues May 13 ­ London Bush Hall,
310 Uxbridge Rd, London W12 7LJ
www.bushhallmusic.co.uk

Monday May 26th, Stockholm, Nalen
http://www2.sami.se/nalen/index.php3

Tuesday May 27th, Berlin, Quasimodo
http://www.quasimodo.de/

Thursday May 28th, Madrid, Ritmo y Compass
Sat May 31st, Azores, Terceira Angra, Cultural Centre

Sun June 8th, Killarney, Ireland, Gleneagle Hotel
With Damien Dempsey, no this is not a golf trip

Tuesday June 10th, Brussels, Le Botanique Orangerie
http://www.aisbe.com/botanique/frame2.html

Wednesday June 11th, Paris, New Morning
http://www.newmorning.com/fr/index.asp

Thursday June 12th, Alencon, France, La Luciole
http://www.laluciole.org/

Fri June 13th, Niort, France, Scene Nationale

Sun June 15th, London, Bloomsbury Theatre
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/BloomsburyTheatre/frameset.html

Mon 16th June, Bristol, St George¹s Hall
http://www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk/

Tue June 17th, Birmingham, The Glee Club
http://www.glee.co.uk/php/listings.php?id_location=1

Wed June 18th, Leeds, City Varieties
http://www.leeds.gov.uk/CityVarieties/var_th.html

Fri June 20th, South Shields, Customs House
http://www.customshouse.co.uk/main.htm

Sat June 21st, Edinburgh, Queen¹s hall
http://www.queenshalledinburgh.co.uk

Sun June 22nd, Aberdeen, Lemon Tree
http://www.lemontree.org/

Tues June 24th, Manchester, Comedy Store
http://www.netmanchester.co.uk/comedystore.htm

Wed June 25th, Brighton (Hove really) Old Market
http://www.oldmarkethove.com/

Thur June 26th, Southampton University, Turner Sims
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~turnsims/about.htm