![]() Because whether you like it or not, your perspective on things changes. “I don’t think it’s anything more than that, really. “I think it’s just me getting old,” Weller says. “Old Father Thyme” is a decidedly funkier song about the passing of, well, time. Because they were more happy with themselves inside.” “I was imagining this character who was wholly and entirely happy with their lot - where they lived. “I really love where I live in London,” he adds to Rolling Stone. And there’s a guy who says, ‘Fuck all that, I’ve got heaven around me.'” Weller has said in a statement that the breezy pop track is “a response to being told that we’ve all got to explore the Amazon and climb Everest to make our lives complete. … There was no other significance.”Īt times, the album finds Weller in a reflective zone - specifically on “Old Father Thyme” and “Village.” The later dropped in early June as On Sunset’s first single and features former Style Council bandmate Mick Talbot on keyboards. “When I did my vocal I was thinking it would be great if we could have a few lines of the song in French,” Weller says. R&B groover “Earth Beat” includes vocals from teenage singer Col3trane - a friend of Weller’s daughter - and the percussive “More” includes French verses courtesy of Julie Gros of Le SuperHomard. On the bluesy, Beatles-esque “Equanimity,” for example, he conjured a mournful violin solo that was then performed by Slade bassist Jim Lea. ![]() He then goes out and finds the musician who can replicate it. “I often think of a certain sound as we’re cutting the track,” he says. Weller sees himself as a literal mastermind when it comes to his art. “I’m just obsessed with music,” he says, before gushing about Kevin Haynes, an Afro-Cuban jazz artist whose 2008 album Ajo Se Po has been on repeat at his London home. (He says that some songs that didn’t make the cut for On Sunset will appear on his next record.) That song ushers the listeners into the eclectic LP on a cosmic wave as Weller asks, “Mirrorball, when will you spin?/Light up the room and our lives begin.”īut On Sunset isn’t all of a piece - it’s a wide-ranging melange of electronic, soul, pop, and orchestral music that highlights Weller’s hunger for new sounds. He turned his attention to On Sunset after completing 2018’s True Meanings, daisy-chaining the two together by including B side “Mirrorball” as the opener for his new album. This level of productivity isn’t entirely out of character for Weller. ![]() So I’m trying to just get on with my next record.” “First of all, I’ve been unemployed for in 43 years,” he says. Despite the music industry grinding to a halt in the wake of COVID-19 - his 2020 tour dates moved to 2021, and his album was pushed back three weeks - the former Jam singer can’t stop conducting the orchestras in his head. 055.Paul Weller’s new solo album On Sunset is out this Friday, but he’s already hard at work on the next one. Musart Festival Firenze, that takes place in July in Piazza SS.Annunziata, combines music, art and quality food in one of the most beautiful squares of the historical centre of Florence.įrom 8pm until the beginning of the concert you can visit the most important places of interest on the square like Spedale degli Innocenti, Chiesa di Santa Maria degli Innocenti, Chiesa di San Francesco Poverino, Garden of the Archaeological Museum, Basilica di Santissima Annunziata.Īdvance tickets sale: Box Office Toscana (tel. The concert by the British singer, guitarist and composer Paul Weller, scheduled for this coming July 27th, has been postponed to a new date in the next months in another venue. ![]() The 2020 edition of the Musart festival has been posponed to July 2021, due to the Covid-19 health emergency. ![]()
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