Dumped!

Lloyd Cole, Writers Retreat!, August 2010
Lloyd's self-absorbed wife has gone off to a writers retreat, where she'll probably write about things she doesn't know about, like heart ache and abandoment. Little does she know that when she gets back home, Lloyd won't be there waiting for her - he's had enough and he's ready to give her a bit of raw material for her next novel. This single - which has Radio 2 written all over it - reminds me of the Magnetic Fields' more straight forward songs and is a sort of companion to Tracey Thorn's recent "Oh, the Divorces!" single. (Why the exclamation marks, Tracey and Lloyd?) Now we only need Morrissey to release a song on the pains of mortgage payments for the maturement of 80s English indie idols to be complete. The B-side, Inverse Midas Touch, goes a bit further into Writers Retreat! alt-country flavour.

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