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Turn The Car Around is a record that Ive been building up to for the last seven years, says Coombes. Its a record of feeling, an album that captures the ups and downs of modern life and all the small print in between. Written and recorded by Coombes in his gloriously ramshackle Oxfordshire outhouse Studio, he has emerged with the best work of his illustrious career. Its an album that both taps into the sonic palettes and lyrical themes of its predecessors and marks the third and final part of a trilogy of records alongside 2015s Mercury and Ivor Novello nominated sophomore album Matador and 2018s Worlds Strongest Man. At the same time it carves a bold new way forward for one of the UKs most gifted and cherished singer-songwriters. Theres a lot of subject matter in there that Ive played with and maybe not managed to see through in the past. Ive evolved and I feel like Ive got better at what I do.
Turn The Car Around features additional instrumentation from members of Gazs live band, Garo Nahoulakian, Nick Fowler and Piney Gir. The album also sees Coombes reuniting with his live bands vocal trio The Roxys (a nickname given to them by Nile Rodgers when they shared the bill at a Later with Jools show) to create a rich and nuanced sonic tapestry. Cameo performances appear courtesy of Willie J Healey and Rides Loz Colbert, and Coombes shares co-production duties with long-term collaborator Ian Davenport.
As he celebrates 10 years of his lauded solo career since the release of his debut Here Come the Bombs, and riding a crest of the Supergrass reunion, the announcement of Turn The Car Around solidifies Coombes status as one of the UKs most interesting, enduring and effortlessly classy artists.
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