Costello returns with his first new collection of songs since 2013.Fünf Jahre sind vergangen seit Elvis Costello sein letztes Album veröffentlichte. 2018 kehrt der britische Musiker aber endlich mit neuem Material zurück aus dem Studio.

»Look Now« heiß die neue Platte, der Nachfolger von »Wise Up Ghost (And Other Songs 2013)«.

Es handelt sich dabei außerdem um das erste Album in zehn Jahren, für das der 63-Jährige wieder mit seiner Band The Imposters, das heißt Steve Nieve (Keyboard), Davey Faragher (Bass) und Pete Thomas (Schlagzeug), im Studio zusammenarbeitete.

Das Resultat sind elf neue Songs inklusive einer erneuten Zusammenarbeit mit Burt Bacharach im Stück »Burnt Sugar Is So Bitter«. Als weiterer Gast ist Carole King mit von der Partie.

Ein paar erste Vorabeindrücke von »Look Now« gab der Musiker bereits mit den Singles »Unwanted Number« und »Under Lime«

Costello returns with his first new collection of songs since his Wise Up Ghost collaboration with The Roots in 2013. It features The Imposters (bassist Davey Faragher along with original Attractions members, drummer Pete Thomas and keyboardist Steve Nieve). The album was co produced by Costello with Latin Grammys winner Sebastian Krys. Two standout tracks are Under Lime and Unwanted Number. The former is a spry, heavily textured pop rocker with Beatles-esque harmonies and horn arrangements on which Costello sings, “It’s a long way down from that high horse you’re on.” The latter is more low-key and boasts a soul groove and lush backup vocals, which allows Costello to belt lyrics about enduring a sour relationship. “I knew if we could make an album with the scope of Imperial Bedroom and some of the beauty and emotion of Painted From Memory, we would really have something,” Costello said in a statement, referring to the 1982 album he recently revisited on the road and his collaboration with songwriter Burt Bacharach. Bacharach co-wrote a few songs on Look Now, and sat in on piano with the Imposters on two of them, Don’t Look Now and Photographs Can Lie. Costello wrote another Look Now song, Burnt Sugar Is So Bitter, with Carole King.