Paul Weller - Saturns Pattern, album review: 'full of ideas'

Even this late in his career, Paul Weller has so much to give
Soulful: Paul Weller's latest is full of surprising sounds (Photo: Photo by Matt Kent/Getty)
David Smyth15 May 2015

★★★★☆
(Parlophone)

Still needlessly associated with tired old dad-rock and less adventurous souls such as Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller has rarely seemed more full of ideas than he has in this decade. This is his third album in five years, perhaps made at such a pace that he forgot the apostrophe in the title. He’s got the blues on the monstrous opener, White Sky, and the acoustic thumper, In the Car. The title track and Going My Way have a soulful centre but are dotted with all sorts of surprising sounds, including an unlikely rush of Beach Boys harmonies and handclaps in the latter. This might be classed as late period Weller but he still sounds like he has so much more to give.

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