![]() ![]() On Sunset started to take form as Weller was completing True Meanings in the spring of 2018, with the track “Mirror Ball”. The final track, “Rockets” is a quietly furious rant about destiny and the lack of class mobility, disguised as a dramatic Bowie-ish ballad. “And there’s a guy who says, f_k all that, I’ve got heaven around me.” On “Equanimity” Weller writes about dealing with marital discord (“it’s a word we can all use to calm ourselves down!”) on “More” he reflects on the ceaseless desire to accumulate wealth without any emotional consideration. “It’s a response to being told that we’ve all got to explore the Amazon and climb Everest to make our lives complete,” says Weller. ![]() “Village”, a dreamy meditation co-written with producer Jan ‘Stan’ Kybert, is sung from the decidedly un-rock’n’roll perspective of a man who is entirely happy with his state in life. But lyrically, Weller – back on his old home, Polydor Records for the first time since The Style Council days – is starting to look back on the past with the insight of age. The sense of retrospection is not musical – Weller retains a rigorous forward-looking focus when it comes to seeking out the best contemporary music. And I think that’s started to come out in my lyrics.” I’ve got three young children, and I can now look at things with much more clarity than I’ve ever been able to. In the last ten years I’ve given up the booze and got clean. ![]() Turning 60 could be something that triggers some kind of crisis in a lot of people, but it’s calmed me down and inspired me to create in the best way. “A lot of the lyrics are about looking back, from the point of view of a sixty-something man, not with regret or sadness, but with huge optimism. “One thing that seems to unite much of this album is a sense of reflection,” Weller says. It’s also an album that sees Weller taking a rare glance into the rear-view mirror as he speeds into the 2020s.” The record is billed as “a soul album, but also an electronic album, an orchestral album, an album packed with masterly pop songs and heart-tugging ballads, and an album filled with touches of experimentalism. Paul Weller’s much-anticipated new album On Sunset is out now through Polydor Records. ![]()
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