LAST YEAR THE FORMER SUPERGRASS FRONTMAN GAZ COOMBES RELEASED MATADOR, HIS MELANCHOLY BUT ESSENTIAL SECOND SOLO ALBUM.

In terms of quality of songwriting it was business as usual – and as expected – for one of the most consistent of the last twenty years or so. But the intense, involved, sometimes tricky and occasionally whacked-out production found Coombes working from a fresh palate, experimenting with dynamics and textures – and leaving the two-minute pop-spike of his old band firmly in the past. In this new edition of The Mouthcast, Coombes talks about the record…

Gaz Coombes headlines NORTHERN SKY at Scunthorpe Baths Hall on Sunday 4th September. Tickets here