Graham Coxon is back with his eighth solo album! One of Britain’s most gifted musicians will be touring the country along with accompanying tour features locally nominated bands chosen by Coxon.

Graham Coxon returns to Parlophone for his new album titled A+E, which will be released
on 2nd April. A+E is Coxon’s first release since the acclaimed, acoustic-driven The Spinning
Top.

Aptly named not only for the sense of scratchy, frantic urgency that suffuses its 10 songs,
A+E finds Graham continuing with his singular vision as a truly eclectic artist. Playing all the
instruments and improvising in the studio, Coxon found himself preoccupied with lyrical
themes around the effects of weekend hedonism in modern Britain, on which A+E shines an
outsider’s light, albeit with a mordant, sharp wit.

Produced by Ben Hillier, A+E features Coxon’s distinctive, visceral garage-punk-pop and is
inspired by the experimental genres of Krautrock and the black & white, post-punk era –
bringing to mind artists such as Neu! (‘City Hall’), Can and Kraftwerk (‘What’ll It Take’), as
well as Peter Hamill, Joy Division (‘Knife In The Cast’) and Monochrome Set - with hypnotic,
driving grooves (‘The Truth’). This may be the closet Graham has ever come to making, in a
skewed sense of the word, ‘dance’ music.

Coxon describes the album as, “Improvisations, experiments in beats, rhythms. A chance
to uninhibitedly make some sort of perversely sad, danceable and funny and despondent
songs.” Adding “I didn’t want to get caught up in my usual struggle with trying to make
things sound really posh. I didn’t want lovely 60s-sounding drums and valves.”

In keeping with the album’s themes, Graham will curate the bill on a special tour around the
UK in April, where he’ll invite his fans to nominate local bands to support him – he will then
select his favourite for each venue (please go to www.nme.com / www.grahamcoxon.co.uk
for further information).

Date :: Fri 20th April
Price :: £16.00
Age ::14+
Date :: 7:30pm