Album Preview: Paul Weller Recruits Noel Gallagher, Thunderstorms to Share His “22 Dreams” “You get to this stage in life where you say ‘I’ve done everything that I can do,’” says Paul Weller. As he passes the half-century mark, Weller easily could have returned to his old stomping grounds, whether it was the mod-punk of his first band the Jam or the pop leanings of the Style Council. But rather than reliving past glory, Weller spent the last year recording 22 Dreams, the most expansive and experimental album of his career. “I was conscious when I walked into the studio that I wanted to do something different. I didn’t want to make As Is Now Part 2,” Weller tells Rock Daily. “There was this mentality where it was like, ‘Let’s try anything that comes into your mind.’” Weller sequestered himself in his country studio, recruited some famous Britpop friends like Oasis‘ Noel Gallagher and Blur’s Graham Coxon and spent hours improvising with his band. The result was 22 Dreams, a genre-leapin
wow its great!!
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not bothered so much with the record,(ok its a bit dull) its just that bloody awful haircut hes been sporting fot the last 3 years. And for someone known for his style i find it rather strange that hes been wearing that same old black tshirt for as long as crap 70 s barnet. still the greatest english songwriter since Lennon and Mc cartney split
Top tune with great beat and the always changing Weller sound. Can't wait to hear the whole Kicks album. This one and Around the Lake are something special, but quite different from the WUTN stuff. Tha Modfather rules!
ReplyDeleteI really set myself up not to like this - what with Weller going a bit wanky with Pretty Green, designing Mini's & Fred Perry's and all that old bollocks! But I Love this vid, Love the song - a serious subject but tongue-in-cheek too. Weller at his songwriting best - hope the new album has a few more corkers like this on it
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