Graham Coxon is back. With his ninth album Castle Park. but typically. (particularly in terms of the music business). It's not as simple as all that. For Castle Park. was actually originally recorded in 2011 and is the beginning of a reissue campaign for solo discography.
As for the record itself. It may have been recorded in 2011 but its heart is really in 1978. Or 1981. Or the years in between. I was looking through the racks at RPM Records in the heart of Newcastle yesterday morning and was rather taken by a reissue copy of Jilted John's debut solo album True Love Stories. I listened to it last night and decided it was just too daft to be purchased.
But I'm very taken by Castle Park. It takes the listener back and then back again to all our English yesterdays just as the country we're in has long been taken by dreams of escape. XTC and The Bevis Frond, Wreckless Eric, Wire and Soft Boys, Beatles, Small Faces and Kinks.
Terry Meets Julie down by the Tube Station at midninght. This is the real thing. In many ways the records this is highly reminiscent of are Modern Life is Rubbish and Parklife. But without Damon, Alex and Dave.
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