Lloyd Cole will release his 12th solo album, On Pain, on June 23 via EarMUSIC. The record features his former Commotions bandmates Blair Cowan and Neil Clark, who co-wrote four of the songs on the ...

Lloyd Cole has been dabbling with synthesizers for a while now, but it came as a surprise when he merged his electronic experimentation with pop songcraft on his 2019 album Guesswork. Once known for a ...

Lloyd Cole goes electric for his New Zealand tour throughout March 2026, proudly presented by Plus1. His elegant solo live performances in recent years have been predominantly acoustic, but for these ...

“It didn’t go very well, but then I found myself thinking, ‘I want to see if I can make something using my aesthetics for songs, and also for sound, as much as music,” says. Cole. “One of the reasons ...

However, the brooding writer of pop classics Perfect Skin, Brand New Friend and Lost Weekend says that ­in the age of Spotify ­albums are more of a vanity ­project,with CD and online sales “barely ...