English musician Paul Weller has announced that he will be releasing a new album. Fat Pop (Volume 1) will be coming out on 14th May, and is Weller’s sixteenth solo album. The news was accompanied by the release of single Cosmic Fringes.
FAT POP
The new album from Paul Weller.
“Pop, in old money… you know what I mean?”
Out May 14th & available to pre-order on multiple formats – including deluxe vinyl and deluxe CD, LTD picture disc, merch bundles & more… https://t.co/5NzOn7bWJS pic.twitter.com/Sbto2WgLfl
— Paul Weller (@paulwellerHQ) February 25, 2021
Weller has been teasing the twelve-track release for the last few days across his social media accounts. Noel Gallagher already revealed on Matt Morgan’s podcast that The Jam frontman was planning to bring out a new album, saying: “I know he’s recorded another album since lockdown started, he had one that came out in lockdown and about two weeks later he’d finished another one. He’s a got a great studio.”
‘The Modfather’ is scheduled to tour the UK in November and December 2021, after postponing his gigs due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The tour had been due to take place in March 2021. However, three new dates have been added to the tour – in Bath, Lincoln and Sheffield.
Weller’s last album, On Sunset, came out in July 2020. It reached number 1 in the UK Albums Charts, and it received a positive critical reception, with The Guardian writing: “There is warmth and succour here, undercut with a playful scattering of mischievous sounds; orchestral soul with eloquent quirks; nuances that hark back to Weller’s second band, the Style Council.”
The singer rose to fame as frontman of punk band The Jam. He then went on to form band the Style Council before achieving success as a solo artist. He has won four Brit Awards, the Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement Award, and the NME Godlike Genius Award in 2010.
