![]() ![]() Meet the two new Love Island bombshells! Scottish beauty Mal Nicol and semi-pro footballer Montel McKenzie get ready to enter the villa Love Island: Jess 'is forced to split from Sammy and BANNED from recoupling with him' in shock twist as furious contestants 'walk out from filming' Only Fools And Horses icon Sir David Jason, 83, set to return to screens with new BBC show alongside The Repair Shop's Jay Blades Kevin Costner's estranged wife Christine is seen heading to her lawyer's office in Santa Barbara Damian Lewis plays Black Deer Festival today and Union Chapel, London, on July 11 (). Tom Grennan plays outdoor shows this summer (tomgrennan ). Maybe he's leaving introspection for another day.īut What Ifs & Maybes, while it lacks the more subtle nuances of old, looks set to be one of the summer's big pop albums. It's one of the best things here, boosted by the elegant strings of orchestrator Rosie Danvers, fresh from working with Noel Gallagher. Someone I Used To Know opens slowly but picks up pace, leaving just the closing track, You Are Not Alone, as a moment of sensitivity. Given that he's such a versatile singer, Grennan sells himself short in sidelining ballads. Psychedelic Kisses, driven by twangy guitars and subtle beats, strives for the sunny optimism that is a calling card of Harry Styles and George Ezra. ![]() Sleeping Rough is a Coldplay-like arena belter. ![]() Many of these tracks are co-written and produced with musician Andrew Wells, who supplies piano, guitar and bass, and they span an array of styles. Here, as sung at Soccer Aid, preaches togetherness. Remind Me finds two ex-lovers trying to recapture lost passion. He deploys his best falsetto on How Does It Feel, a finger-popping dance tune on which he begs an old flame for a second chance. ![]() Party anthems have never ranked high on his agenda, but What Ifs & Maybes changes that. He quickly apologised, saying nerves had got the better of him, and Ellie agreed no harm had been intended. There was a rocky moment in February, too, when he remarked on Ellie Goulding's metallic breastplate at the Brits. His last album, Evering Road, addressed his guilt at the end of a three-year relationship. With Ed Sheeran opting to avoid instant ear-worms on his latest album, Subtract, there's a vacancy for an earnest yet upbeat male pop star - and Grennan is vying with Lewis Capaldi to be this year's man. Before becoming an actor, Lewis spent a summer busking his way through France and Spain with a guitar and a second-hand motorbike, making this the culmination of long-held dreams. John's Such A Night.īut this is a playful yet poignant detour. There's a touch of the over-enthusiastic fanboy to the album's three covers, Neil Young's Harvest Moon, JJ Cale's After Midnight and Dr. Rollicking blues number Never Judge A Man By His Umbrella is inspired by his portrayal of secret agent Nicholas Elliott in the espionage drama A Spy Among Friends. There's the odd throwback to the day-job. Why, the album's only co-write (with Smith) is an old-fashioned New Orleans swing piece. My Little One finds Lewis delving into rockabilly. Hole In My Roof might be a chronicle of late-night despair, but its sense of melancholy is set to a jazz-funk backdrop. His wife, Peaky Blinders actress Helen McCrory, died from breast cancer in April 2021, and it's hard to listen to the raw but poetic folk song She Comes without viewing it as an elegy to her: 'She comes as a blackbird, she comes as a fox, she sits at a window, she sings from a rock,' laments Lewis.īut Mission Creep is otherwise romantic rather than sad. Inevitably, parts of this record reflect the recent turmoil Lewis has been through. Why, the album's only co-write (with Smith) is an old-fashioned New Orleans swing pieceĪ contemplative set of rock, folk and jazzy grooves, it's a heartfelt affair with a natural feel.Īfter coming up with the songs, without co-writers, in lockdown, Damian was introduced to the London-based jazz musicians of Kansas Smitty's House Band by the septet's saxophonist Giacomo Smith, and it's they who provide the bulk of the richly-varied backing here, with Smith and slide guitarist Dave Archer to the fore. ![]()
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