Can we get a “WOO-HOO”? For “lost” albums to see the light of day during an artist’s lifetime is something of a rarity. Fortunately, Graham Coxon is very much alive and kicking and has gifted us with his ninth solo LP Castle Park. Recorded in 2011 during the sessions for A+E, it fell by the wayside as Coxon found himself occupied with another Blur reunion tour and album. It was then further buried by his soundtrack work on The End of the Fucking World, his graphic novel and accompanying music for ‘Superstate’, his life as half of The WAEVE with partner Rose Elinor Dougall, and then another roll of the dice with his old Britpop chums for some mega Wembley and festival shows and the sublime ‘Ballad of Darren’.
Now, in a rare moment of calm, Coxon is…