Castle Park

Description

An unreleased solo album by Graham Coxon. Titled Castle Park and recorded in 2011, this previously unreleased record will be available on June 19, 2026. It is part of a complete reissue of Coxon's entire solo catalog, comprising 9 studio albums and 3 soundtracks, spread over the next 12 months. Produced by Ben Hillier (blur - Think Tank), Castle Park was recorded in 2011 during the sessions for A+E (2012). Initially planned as a follow-up to A+E, its release was postponed due to blur's activities in 2012, before Coxon turned to other projects. Castle Park is a collection of 10 tracks faithful to the artist's signature mod sound. The first single, "Billy Says," a staple of Coxon's concerts, is already well known to fans and is now available for the first time. With a catalog long out of print and in high demand in physical format, Castle Park inaugurates a complete reissue of Coxon's solo work and accompanies the reissue of The Sky is Too High and The Golden D, all available on June 19. Other releases are planned over the coming year, including the studio albums Crow Sit on Blood Tree (2001), The Kiss of Morning (2002), Happiness In Magazines (2004), Love Travels at Illegal Speeds (2006), The Spinning Top (2009), A+E (2012); as well as the two soundtracks for The End of The F***ing World 1 (2018) and The End of The F***ing World 2 (2019); and Superstate (2021), the soundtrack accompanying the graphic novel of the same name. An English musician, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and visual artist, Graham Coxon is one of the most innovative guitarists of his generation, best known as a founding member of blur. He has also released eight solo albums and regularly composes for film and television. His passion for experimental and independent music helped shape blur's distinctive sound during their heyday, marked by a string of number-one albums that propelled the band to a worldwide phenomenon, in the UK and internationally. This same boldness is found in his solo career, which explores genres as varied as folk, krautrock and film soundtracks.