Antidepressant

Lloyd Cole has been making records for over 20 years. 1984's 'Rattlesnakes', Cole and The Commotions debut album, rightly won the singer-songwriter a coveted place in the NME Top 100 albums of all time - just ahead of the Beach Boys. Lloyd Cole's new full-length album 'Antidepressant', delivers 11 songs that delicately mix sadness with a revitalized happiness.

Working largely alone - Cole plays drums, guitar and keyboards on 'Antidepressant' - he set aside four months to write and record the album. "My four months ending up being 18! It was exciting and draining at the same time, but half way through I knew I had the sound that I wanted, an amalgam of electronic and acoustic sounds," he says. Former Commotion, Neil Clark, provides slide guitar along with contributions from Kevin O'Rourke, Hurcules' Peter Baldwin, Jill Sobule, Dave Derby and the string arrangements of King Radio's Dave Trenholm.

Despite the arduous recording process, 'Antidepressant' contains some of Cole's best work to date. Lloyd Cole's lyrical gifts are on full display as the gorgeous, string-driven "NYC Sunshine" evokes streets full of "junkies and millionaires", the gentle acoustic thrum of "How Wrong Can You Be?", the stock market palare of "The Young Idealists" and the lyrically poignant "Woman In A Bar", "...no longer driven to distraction, not even by Scarlett Johansson."

"Cole remains a gifted and articulate songwriter, as this excellent solo album demonstrates"….. "the best suite of songs that Cole has written in years".
- The Times, UK (4 stars)

"His best record in years."
- The Daily Mail Newspaper, UK

"'Antidepressant' counts as an unqualified triumph."
- Irish Examiner Newspaper (4 stars)