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вЂњSo, we could be playing for hours, I dunno,вЂќ says Weller.

He drew up a set list the other day and sent it to the band: Crofts pointed out that there were 69 songs on it. Weller loves touring, and is rarely off the road, but the tour to support On Sunset was cancelled and rescheduled four times, and has now morphed into one that includes Fat Pop too. The next step would usually be to play live. Very complicated things, arenвЂ™t they, relationships? Multifaceted.вЂќ вЂњIвЂ™m sure there must be many fathers who sometimes think: вЂњAm I fucking this up? Am I a good father? Am I a good partner? Am I a good person? Have I done the best I could do?вЂќ All of those questionsвЂ¦ and then Glad Times is about when youвЂ™re married with kids, especially, itвЂ™s easy to pass each other, isnвЂ™t it? EverythingвЂ™s practical, and then when you do get a bit of downtime, you just want to be on your ownвЂ¦ read a book, watch TV, not talk to anyone, not be asked questions. вЂњFailed was written after a row, yes,вЂќ he says. Weller and Bruce Foxton on stage during a Jam gig in 1978. One is romantic (Glad Times) and one is not (Failed). ThereвЂ™s a couple of relationship songs, too (Weller is married to Hannah Andrews, and they have three young children, twins John Paul and Bowie, nine, and three-year-old Nova).

WhenвЂ™s it going to stop? As a human being, to see your fellow human beings suffering is fucking wrong.вЂќ вЂњI can only say that anyone, regardless of race or colour, should be horrified by what happened, and is still happening, and that has happened for centuries. He wrote it immediately after seeing the murder of George Floyd. Fat Pop, the LPвЂ™s heart, is about how music can get you through the bad times Cosmic Fringes is Weller imagining the life of a keyboard warrior: вЂњIвЂ™m a sleeping giant, waiting to awake, I stumble to the fridge, then back to bedвЂќ That Pleasure is his take on the Black Lives Matter movement. вЂњIt was a conscious decision to make it like that.вЂќ Weller talks about some of the tracks. вЂњYeah, theyвЂ™re all short, like three minutes, and theyвЂ™re all immediate,вЂќ he says. ItвЂ™s a strong album, a collection of banging singles. This preparation meant that last summer, when Britain started opening up again, everyone was ready to record, and Fat Pop (Volume 1) was finished by October. A couple of songs involved other vocalists (the MysterinesвЂ™ Lia Metcalfe Andy Fairweather Low) and they did the same. At Black Barn, heвЂ™d record his voice and guitar, then send the resulting tracks to his band вЂ“ Steve Cradock (guitar), Andy Crofts (bass), Ben Gordelier (drums) вЂ“ whoвЂ™d work on their parts.

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Black Barn consists of a large, comfy studio, an adjoining office (platinum discs, selection of old photo-booth pictures), plus the house next door, with garden and trampoline. вЂњI was working a three-day week.вЂќ He had вЂњfour or fiveвЂќ tracks left over from the recording of his previous album, the chart-topping On Sunset, so he worked on those at his home in London before popping here, to his Black Barn Studios, every so often. вЂњNothing else to do, was there?вЂќ he says. Work-wise, though, his lack of patience seems to have become even more acute recently heвЂ™s brought out an album every year for the past four years, and used the most recent, locked-down 12 months to create his 16th solo record, Fat Pop (Volume 1). Though heвЂ™s not cross all the time, by any means. By his taste shall ye know him (heвЂ™s also wearing old Prada trousers, and a jumper he designed himself for Ivy League outfitters John Simons)вЂ¦ alongside a just-under-the-surface anger, a time-is-ticking impatience, a suspicion of the elite. He is, and has always been, about music, and clothes, and details. In an inconsistent world of ever-changing rules, Weller is a constant.