Album Review
Gaz Coombes - World’s Strongest Man
3 StarsMoving into his next phase with real class.
If the transition of Britpop’s former poster-boys from hedonistic young things to some of music’s elder statesman has ranged wildly in terms of both glory and grace, then Supergrass singer Gaz Coombes can lay claim to a fair whack of the latter, even if he’s not quite risen with the chart-beating bombast of LG. Continuing his route into more elegiac, introverted territory, ‘World’s Strongest Man’ takes its cues from another bunch of cerebral Oxfordians (that’s Radiohead FYI) on ‘Wounded Egos’ and ‘Oxygen Masks’, while even the more pacey ‘Deep Pockets’ is more like an accessible take on krautrock rather than a laddy banger. Gaz’s third solo offering continues to find him moving into his next phase with real class.
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Gaz Coombes - Turn The Car Around
4-5 Stars
Yet further proof that there’s true treasure to be found in these parts.
13th January 2023, 12:00am
Gaz Coombes announces UK and European tour
His new solo album, ‘Turn The Car Around’, is out next year.
7th November 2022, 9:40pm
Gaz Coombes & Danny Goffey’s The Hotrats reveal homemade video for new cover of Kelis’ ‘Milkshake’
The Supergrass duo share the visuals created by Gaz under lockdown.
17th April 2020, 12:00am
“I’m fully expecting there to be a bit of fisticuffs” - Gaz Coombes talks judging the 2019 Hyundai Mercury Prize
After being shortlisted himself with Supergrass, Gaz tells us what it's like to be on the other side.
25th July 2019, 12:00am
With Bob Vylan, St Vincent, girl in red, Lizzy McAlpine and more.