News of this 2LP vinyl reissue has been allowed to leak into the public domain via a listing on Amazon UK back in April and SDE duly reported it to fans. Paul Weller is scheduled to play Ulster Hall, Belfast, on November 9th, and Olympia Theatre, Dublin, on November 10th and 11th. Paul Weller’s Will of the People This week, the reissue of Paul Weller’s 2008 album 22 Dreams was officially confirmed. Sumptuous and rapturous, Fat Pop does exactly what it says on the cover.Īlan Corr Pop is out this Friday, May 14th, on Polydor RecordsĬosmic Fringes - True - Fat Pop - Shade Of Blue - Glad Times - Cobweb/Connections - Testify - That Pleasure - Failed - Moving Canvas - In Better Times - Still Glides The Stream There’s a lot going on here ( Shades of Blue, A classic three-minute English pop kitchen sink drama - complete with Macca bass - co-written with his daughter Leah, is another stand-out) and it’s more than clear that Weller still has many more roads to travel and music runes to read.
#PAUL WELLER COSMIC FRINGES FREE#
The summery pop of Glad Times has all the bittersweet languor of Style Council, while the transcendent Better Times finds Craddock squeezing strange tones from his guitar and Weller sounding free as a bird and alive to the possibilities. It’s his most vibey and spacey album in years. Please review their details and accept them to load the content. We need your consent to load this YouTube content We use YouTube to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. On jumpy guitar pop opener Cosmic Fringes (which may or not be a reference to Weller’s luxuriant lockdown tresses) he sounds like Parklife era Albarn meets an extra leery Ian Dury, and the title track is an ode to the power and joy of music itself ("whose been a friend when you really needed one? Who gives a f*** when no-one really does?") that revisits the far out excursions of his debut solo album. There’s even a tribute to Iggy Pop on the fantastically syncopated Moving Canvas. Guest vocals come from Lia Metcalfe of Liverpudlian act The Mysterines, and the great Andy Fairweather Low on the jazzy strut of Testify. Lush orchestral arrangements brush up against flute, brass, and some great guitar breaks from his long-time musical foil Steve Craddock.
Making better use of lockdown than some old troopers we could mention, Weller recorded these songs in down time (he also found time to produce Declan O’Rourke’s glorious new album, Arrivals) and they meld soul, psychedlic rock, and pastoral ballads with the hand and the ear of a music polymath.Īrriving just under a year after last year’s On Sunset, Weller journeys to the outer reaches of his mind on an experimental set of mostly three-minute pop tunes designed to stand alone as singles.
#PAUL WELLER COSMIC FRINGES MOD#
We've always known that underneath Paul Weller’s cool, mod exterior lies the heart of a true poet but rarely has he sounded so free and alive to the possibilities of music and life than on his exuberant 16th solo album.
Like a shark, Weller moves ever forward on another album bursting with a lust for life
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