Sonik Kicks

We know Paul Weller is not like other artists. He doesn't want to look back: that's not his way. He is only concerned with the here and now, as displayed on 'Sonik Kicks', the follow-up to 2010's Mercury Music Prize nominated 'Wake Up The Nation'. You can keep the victory parade for another day...

Recorded as usual in Weller's own Black Barn Studios in Ripley, Surrey, with co-producer Simon Dine and trusted engineer Charles Rees, Paul enlisted musician friends such as Noel Gallagher, Graham Coxon and Aziz Ibrahim to help out on 'Sonik Kicks' - often playing any instrument other than that which they are famous for - as well as members of his touring band, including long-serving lieutenant Steve Craddock, with Weller himself also playing just about every instrument. His wife Hannah sings with Paul on "Study In Blue", while his daughter Leah and youngest son Mac join him on the final "Be Happy Children".