Paul Weller & Graham Coxon

Since news broke, Britpop discussion groups from Croydon to Cairo have spoken of little else. Could The Modfather and the adenoidal Ace Face behind ‘Freakin’ Out’ possibly deliver a tune to match their talents? Oh ye of little faith. Based on Weller obscurity ‘For Dancers Only’, ‘This Old Town’ is a zip-gun boogie brimming with irascible Coxonian guitars and instilled with the first rule of modernism: move on. “There’s no turning back/Just forward now”, growls the Don Corleone of classic rock. A smash.