Paul Weller announces next album 'True Meanings'

True Meanings, the 14th Paul Weller solo album, will be released on Sept. 14. It includes orchestration and is the most collaborative: with more guests involved than any effort done before.

In addition to Weller’s band, Rod Argent of the Zombies provides Hammond organ on “The Soul Searchers” and piano and Mellotron on “White Horses;” folk legends Martin Carthy and Danny Thompson add picked guitar and double bass respectively to “Come Along;” Little Barrie plays lead guitar on “Old Castles;” Lucy Rose sings backup on “Books;” and “Movin On” is the result of a “scratchy demo” on Paul’s phone that was sent to Tom Doyle of the White Label project. Even Noel Gallagher makes a guest appearance.

Lyrics for four of the 14 songs were written, to Weller’s melodies, by others. Connor O’Brien from Villagers came up with the words to opener “The Soul Searchers,” while “Bowie,” “Wishing Well” and the closing “White Horses” are all the work, lyrically, of Erland Cooper from Erland & The Carnival.

Weller produced it all except “The Soul Searchers,” which was co-produced by Paul and Conor O’Brien and “Movin On” which was co-produced by Weller and White Label. The album was engineered and recorded by Charles Rees and mixed by Jan Stan Kybert.

True Meanings was recorded in just over three weeks at Weller’s own Black Barn Studio with the aforementioned mdropping in for a day here and there. The orchestration was added soon after.

Weller’s last album was 2017’s internationally acclaimed album A Kind Revolution.

True Meanings will be released on the following formats:

CD – housed in a ‘soft-pack’ gatefold card wallet with 12-page booklet.
Deluxe CD – Limited, deluxe edition CD in a casebound book package, including a 28-page booklet of photos and lyrics.
Vinyl LP – Double heavyweight black vinyl LP, housed in a gatefold ‘tip-on’ sleeve, with 8-page booklet fixed inside the sleeve, plus a download card. The tip-on sleeve is limited to initial orders only.

The release will also be available for streaming and download at all digital retailers.

Click here to pre-order True Meanings.

Track listing:

1. The Soul Searchers
2. Glide
3. Mayfly
4. Gravity
5. Old Castles
6. What Would He Say?
7. Aspects
8. Bowie
9. Wishing Well
10. Come Along
11. Books
12. Movin On
13. May Love Travel With You
14. White Horses