New Album announced: 'You Want It Darker'

Leonard Cohen's last studio album (2016)
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JudasPriest wrote:Now I'm wishing Happens to the Heart was on it... Beautiful lyrics.
Lol, having a cup half empty day mate?
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Hope not Benny! All part of the expectation management game I'm playing re the new album - playing and losing I might add...
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Hi
The album cover of "You Want It Darker" was designed by the Belgian Bruges-based artist Sammy Slabbinck who got in touch with Adam Cohen after Adam liked a few of his works on Instagram. They exchanged a few thank you's by email and later Adam contacted Slabbinck, asking if he would like to do the album artwork for the latest Leonard Cohen album. Adam admitted he himself and his father were both fans of Slabbinck's works and later Slabbinck received a few video messages from Leonard himself (through Adam), playing the piano and guitar. For the design of the album cover, they wanted something "iconic" and sent Slabbinck only 1 photograph to work with, a photograph taken at Leonard's place.

A small interview (in Dutch) with Slabbinck was on Belgian's radio "Studio Brussel" this morning, explaining these details.

For the Dutch amongst us: the interview starts around 2h 47m 15s into this fragment:
http://radioplus.be/#/stubru/herbeluist ... 63edf843f/

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Thanks for investigating and sharing that, Maarten!
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So pleased I dropped in today - this is such good news and made my day!
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Just dotted the last i on my review of #LeonardCohen's new one. My review, like Leonard's album, out late September.
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My review, like Leonard's album, out late September.
This means that Sylvie's review in Mojo will be out a month or so before the album.
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jarkko wrote:
My review, like Leonard's album, out late September.
This means that Sylvie's review in Mojo will be out a month or so before the album.
That's not the meaning of her sentence though - the 'like' means the review and album release are at the same time surely? She might be wrong, of course, but that's the literal meaning of what she says.
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That's how I understood it, too. I wanted to say that her information about the release schedule has not been updated if she thinks the album is coming in September (simultaneously with her review which probably will be in the October issue of MOJO, at the newsstands after mid-September). The album will be released a bit later, most likely in late October, but the date has still to be confirmed.
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Sylvie Simmons ONE WORD review already published

By the way, after four plays I've changed my one-word review on the new #LeonardCohen album from great to magnificent.

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cohenadmirer wrote:Sylvie Simmons ONE WORD review already published
Now mine as well:
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faboloso I can't wait !
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I've enjoyed reading the previewers' impressions, thanks. Even Ken likes it - it must be good!
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I agree Diane; I liked what we heard in Amsterdam, but if ken likes something it must be really good...!
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Looks great!!
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