Fresh back from a short tour of the US and Japan, Paul Weller talks about the 30th anniversary of The Jam's sixth and final studio album, The Gift, and where he's at right now. Repost From The Huffington Post By: Jason Holmes Paul Weller bounds into his chair, an electronic cigarette gripped in his hand. We're in the BBC's Studio Three in Maida Vale. Visibly calm owing to post-tour exhaustion and a morning trip to the gym, Weller is here to be interviewed by John Wilson for BBC Radio 4's Mastertapes series. "Back in those days, bands put out an album a year, you toured with it for a year, then you went back in the studio and repeated the process. Looking back, I was glad I experienced that pressure. It helped me refine my craft and find myself as a writer. It kept me on my toes," says Weller, Gibson acoustic on knee. "It wasn't a treadmill, it was just what bands did back then. I never questioned it." Lest the passing decades dim...
It appears that Paul is chomping at the bit to release this album! I know he has said in recent interviews that the album is ready and it's release timing is up to the label, though he thinks it fresh and current and wants to get it out ASAP...
ReplyDeletei hope this isn't the cover art.
ReplyDeletemaybe he's rushing so much to get this one out there was no time to get something decent for the cover. Anyway album cover art is dead, although I did really love the art for 22 dreams. This one looks rushed and like whatever. From what I have heard of the music though it is going to be a great album even if it wont look so good on top of the cd player.
ReplyDeleteWho cares what the cover looks like? The music will do the talking.
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