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. “I’m just obsessed with music,” he says, before gushing about Kevin Haynes, an Afro-Cuban jazz artist whose 2008 albumWeller sees himself as a literal mastermind when it comes to his art. “I often think of a certain sound as we’re cutting the track,” he says. He then goes out and finds the musician who can replicate it.
At times, the album finds Weller in a reflective zone — specifically on “Old Father Thyme” and “Village.” The later dropped in early June ass first single and features former Style Council bandmate Mick Talbot on keyboards. 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. And there’s a guy who says, ‘Fuck all that, I’ve got heaven around me.'”.
“Old Father Thyme” is a decidedly funkier song about the passing of, well, time. “I think it’s just me getting old,” Weller says. “I don’t think it’s anything more than that, really. Because whether you like it or not, your perspective on things changes. I don’t mean that in a morbid way; that’s just the cycle. … I’m not particularly sentimental or nostalgic, though.”
Weller doesn’t seem all that bothered that he’s stuck at home, either — much like the protagonist in “Village.” He’s happy making music and hanging with his kids. “There have been some positives about [the pandemic] as well that made me think about quite a lot of things,” he says. “One thing I’ve really noticed is that the environment and nature are really coming back. There’s less pollution in London. You can hear the birds singing, because there’s no airplanes.
As for that new music he mentioned earlier? It’s definitely keeping him sane. “Once we went into the lockdown I thought, ‘I have to use this time,’ you know?” he says, “I couldn’t just not do anything for six months. I’ve been very lucky that I’ve been able to [make music]. Because I would have gone crazy.”
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