“Maybe it’s inevitable that British singers with a penchant for sharp suits will eventually make a crooner album. Elvis Costello did it twice with Burt Bacharach, and Rod Stewart has mined five volumes in his Great American Songbook series. Now it’s Paul Weller’s turn with True Meanings, a surprisingly tender collection of songs from a guy who is sometimes thought of as brusque. He’s certainly res”
“Paul Weller’s career has always ebbed and flowed between the incisive and the pastoral, one minute joy-riding through a town called Malice, the next punting soulfully down the Cam. So, after a recent burst of cutting-edge inventiveness on the likes of ‘Sonik Kicks’ and ‘Saturn’s Pattern’, it’s no surprise to find him kicking off his moccasins, dialling in a string section and hitting 60 in full-on”
