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Morrissey says new album project is 'sorrily botched' and blames 'cheap' label

Morrissey has launched a scathing attack on his former record label.

The singer recently unleashed his new album 'World Peace Is None Of Your Business' on Harvest Records, but they parted ways only weeks after its release.

Speaking in a lengthy statement posted on fansite True To You, Morrissey tried to explain his strenuous relationship with the label, who apparently did not promote the album properly. He said:

"In response to 77 million questions I can only say this much on the subject of the Harvest drama. It is quite true that Harvest initially appeared like a saintly beacon of light...It all seemed too good to be true. It was...

"The label suggested I come to Los Angeles and read passages from Autobiography in front of selected audiences. As frightening as that idea was, I hung on, desperate to believe that Harvest were not as cheap as they now looked...

"Mutual mistrust exploded between Harvest and I, and with fashionable pessimism, the label boss yawned and ordered the surface smartness of dropping 'World Peace is None of Your Business' three weeks after its release. There, now! This would not have happened to the Teletubbies.

"Sorrily botched the project may now be, but it's worth it to get Morrissey out of our Inbox. Yes, I can be intensely persistent, and I certainly have an over-active fantasy-life, but the Harvest experience tells us that despite the blinding flash of teeth and smiles, it doesn't take much for the coin to flip and suddenly we're all compromised and shattered."

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