Of course, it wouldn’t be the same without Guitarist Steve Craddock, who co-writes the emotive album closer, Still Glides The Stream. Jan 'Stan' Kybert is back as Producer, Hannah Peel returns to deal with all things Strings, along with ParaOrchestra. So pleased was he with the immediacy of this set of songs, he toyed with releasing them all as singles in advance of the album, but was talked out of it. Each one created to provide the depth, complexity and unique flavour to standout. A place to chat about Paul Weller, The Jam, TSC, and any related artists Press J to jump to the feed. If his voice has lost some of its spring during the ageing process, its lost none of the soulful phrasing.įat Pop is best explained in Culinary terms, it’s the equivalent of a selection of tasty Tapas dishes. An infectious 70s / Acid-Jazzy riff, flutters of flute and the feeling is way back, way back to his eponymous first solo LP with all that musical freedom. If you caught me saying Glad Times was arguably the best, then I can attest to Testify being my favourite. Next is Glad Times, arguably the strongest track, featuring a cameo from daughter Leah Weller, and explains why Conductor Jules Buckley selected this one to undergo a lavish orchestral reworking at the Barbican concert recently. A tick-tock intro with staccato Piano, there’s a hint of Stanley Road’s scuffling rhythm, rangy Guitar scales and Lia Metcalfe’s back again with a tasteful touch. No surprise that the next song Shades of Blue is the first single release.

Weller demands ‘Who’s been the light when the world’s been so dark?’ and the more you listen, the more it speaks to his musical faith: ’Who’s always there when you really need them?’ Honorary Weller Fella Ernie McKone delivers his Boogie Back touch to this track from Fat Pop.Tuesday's slow, I just don't knowWhat's happening here at allWe. The title track, Fat Pop, is quirky but significant as Its the motif for the whole album. Liverpudlian Lia Metcalfe (of The Mysterines) doubles up on vocals here and they hit off nicely. A brash, in your face affair: think Small Faces meets The La’s with restraint in the verse dispatching a thumping ‘sha-la-la-la-la-la’ chorus. The opener, Cosmic Fringes has melancholic tones of classic Blur: crisp guitar, electronic rhythms and semi-tone shifts up and down. The result? Fat Pop: an episodic album of twelve songs which exist in isolation but are loosely connected to the theme. So rather than ponder the solution, he turned to what has been the ‘biggest friend in my life’: a song. Paul is excited to announce that this Friday at 10pm GMT he will be on Later with Jools Holland. “For the first time in Forty Three years, I’m unemployed” he quipped. He had a Number One album, On Sunset, and wanted nothing more than to be out there performing it. During a live interview with BBC Radio 2’s Jo Whiley last Summer, Paul Weller was sharing his anguish of the then live music restrictions.

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