Found myself in a strange town...

It’s been a great day for Weller fans, this new masterpiece has been released to the world and my first impression is that it’s everything I hoped it would be, a fantastic album that will stand among his best. It’s completely different from his previous albums (as usual) yet it feels absolutely Weller. I’ve avoided reading most reviews as I like to go into a new PW album with no preconceptions apart from my own based on the already released tracks and teasers I’ve heard so far, so that means that my bedtime reading tonight will be comprised of all the reviews/articles I’ve saved on my Facebook “for later” list. Been listening to On Sunset on repeat today and can’t get enough of it. It feels so fresh and easy flowing, as a headline said it’s definitely a Soul album but at the same time it’s so much more than that. I’ve been sharing my opinions today with my Weller friends and the one topic one that really stuck a chord with me is how this is Paul’s fourth straight five ...

The final act in this series of ten is my all-time favorite recording artist and my musical hero, the one and only Paul Weller. I have said about this series that I would present the 10 acts in no particular order, but in reality I always planned for my favorite “active” band Stone Foundation to be the first (I say active as other bands I love like The Beatles and The Jam are not together anymore) and I also planned for Paul Weller, my favorite artist to be the headliner in this series. I include The Jam and TSC in this post as I consider it all to be Paul Weller. When people ask me if which of Paul’s “bands” I prefer I honestly don’t see it as different bands but more as different stages in Paul’s amazing career and evolution. I discovered Paul’s music back in college and my life was changed forever. I worked at a radio station in college and was getting into 70’s punk when I discovered The Jam while at the same time I found a Days Of Speed CD in the station library. I i...