Saturns Pattern may lack an apostrophe but there’s nothing missing from his musical grammar. He’s still in his prime as a musician.
There are fade outs and fade ins mid-song, vocals come heavily treated, instruments are strafed with sound effects; essentially, Weller is making a virtue of his processes here.
In modern terms we can’t really call Saturns Pattern a 'masterpiece.' That would be hyperbole, it’s a phrase we need to keep in reserve so it doesn’t wear out, but in the classic sense this is yet another worthy piece from an undeniable master.
The willful, harmonious collisions of history and the future give Saturn's Pattern its kick, while the warm thrum of the grooves gives it its soul.
Not many rock icons can pull off such a thoroughly incredible late-career renaissance, but Saturns Pattern demonstrates that Paul Weller is currently in the thick of one.
Weller's 12th solo album is a robust binding of the experimental tangents on 2008's 22 Dreams and 2012's Sonik Kicks into taut, acid-flecked turbulence and modern-dance synthesis.
Twelfth solo album ‘Saturns Pattern’ backs up recent promises of another shift in sound, sending him into uncharted, acid-spiked waters.
While the celestial sound-effects sometimes make ‘Saturn’s Pattern’ sound like the soundtrack to Lost In Space or a retro computer game, generally what you can clearly hear is that Weller is creating music confidently again.
Заинтересовал этот альбом под вывеской blues и psychedelic rock. Супер интересного звучания я тут не услышал.
White Sky - 58
Saturns Pattern – 58
Going My Way – 70
Long Time – 60
Pick It Up – 70
I'm Where I Should Be – 60
Phoenix – 67
In the Car... – 60
These City Streets – 70
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