Graham Coxon's Castle Park: A Solo Career Retrospective

0:00It's April 20th. Welcome in. This is Music News Today, where the industry meets AI. Blurg guitarist Graham Coxon just dropped big news on his solo career. He's unleashing a never-before-heard album from 2011, called Castle Park, while kicking off a full reissue of his entire solo catalog. The first wave hits June 19th, with his 1998 debut. The sky is too high, the 2000 follow-up, the Golden D, and that fresh. Castle Park Drop. Produced by Ben Hillier, who also worked on Blurg's think tank, Castle Park, came from sessions tied to his 2012 album A Plus E It Got. Shelf back then, because of Blurg's reunion buzz and Coxon's other gigs, but now it's seeing the light. Lead single Billy Says brings that classic mod vibe with sweet guitar hooks, and it's been a live staple for him. Fans are buzzing about this deep dive into Coxon's solo world. He's built a solid run outside Blur, from nine studio albums to soundtracks.

1:02The reissues span everything, including gyms like happiness and magazines and love travels at illegal speeds, plus scores for the end of the fucking. World and more. Over the next 12 months, the whole catalog rolls out, celebrating his path as a solo artist in one half of the wave with partner Rose Eleanor. Dougal, he's also playing his first full band solo show in 10 years at the O2 Forum, Kentish Town in London on the 28th of November tickets go on. Sail 9am, Friday, in April. Coxon's keeping the creative fire lit between Blurg Teases and Family Life, proving he's got stories and sounds stacked deep. This rollout feels like a perfect reset for his legacy.