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Radiohead’s Philip Selway announces new solo album
By Andy Malt | Published on Friday 28 October 2022
Radiohead drummer Philip Selway has announced that he will release his third solo album, ‘Strange Dance’, next year.
The idea behind the sound of the record was an imagined situation where Carole King collaborated on an album with Daphne Oram and invited him to drum on it. Helping him to realise this vision he enlisted musicians including Hannah Peel, Adrian Utley, Quinta, Marta Salogni, Valentina Magaletti and Laura Moody.
“The scale of it was very deliberate for me, from the outset”, he says. “I wanted the soundscape to be broad and tall but somehow get it to wrap around this intimate vocal at the heart of it. There was a really lovely dynamic. Ideas happened easily. It was a really nice rapport between us all”.
Early on in the recording of the album, he says, he “sacked” himself as its drummer, instead bringing in Valentina Magaletti who brought a “distinctive voice” to the record. Presumably, despite all those other collaborators, there was still enough other stuff for Selway to take care of – he sings on the record at the very least.
“One of the things I’ve liked about this record is it’s me as a 55 year old not trying to hide that fact”, he goes on. “It feels kind of unguarded rather than seeing that ageing process as something that needs to be hidden. I wanted it to have that space so if you’re listening to it you can lose yourself in it. Almost like a refuge”.
‘Strange Dance’ is set for release through Bella Union on 24 Feb. Listen to first single ‘Check For Signs Of Life’ here:
