Graham Coxon Talks Of Next Album

The other front-man of legendary Brit-Pop and recently reunited band Blur has announced a new solo album and thankfully, it's due this year.

The record was recorded in Summer of last year in London and is now due for release on May 11th on Transgressive Records. It's been given the official title of The Spinning Top and was produced by Stephen Street.

Coxon spoke out about the upcoming record, saying:

"The album is mainly an acoustic journey although there is, of course, some explosive electric guitar action. I wanted to show how exciting acoustic instruments can be, how dynamic and rich and heart-thumpingly raw they can sound at a time when acoustic music seems either too cute or too soppy. Obvious influences here are the amazing Martin Carthy, the late, great Davey Graham and the late, great John Martyn".

"There are some guests too! Robyn Hitchcock supplies some counter-attack guitar, Jas Singh plays dilruba and jori with his friends Gurjit Sembhi on taus and Jaskase Singh on esraj. Danny Thompson plays the legendary Victoria, Graham Fox gives plenty of swing on the drums and sizzle cymbals and Louis Vause tinkles the ivories".

A new single by the name of Sorrows Army is due to hit shelves a week after the album does on May 18th and Coxon is also set to play the SxSW Transgressive Showcase at this years SxSW Festival in Austin, Texas which kicks off next week.

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