Kelly Jones, frontman of Stereophonics, shared his experience of embarking on a solo career and discussed his latest album “Inevitable Incredible” in an exclusive article for NME. Jones revealed that he primarily wrote the album on the piano, which he struggled to play due to dyslexia. But, he felt it was an advantage because not knowing where he was going or what he was doing allowed him to find something new.
Jones further explained that his inspiration for the album came to him while staying in a hotel in Edinburgh a few years back when he saw a mysterious painting of a piano that hung on the wall. He bought the painting from the artist and brought it home. Now, the painting hangs in his house and serves as a reminder of the promise he made to himself to make a piano record one day. Jones also revealed that the album was crafted between October and December of 2022 and is one of his most emotional and brutally honest material to date.
The album, consisting of eight tracks, was recorded at the remote Ocean Sound studio in Norway with only Jones’s studio engineer and backline technician with him. He described it as a truly cathartic experience and said that he left it all out there on the songs. Jones also stated that he wants to make music just like filmmakers make films, with different subjects, landscapes, and tones from one project to the next, and this album is a little like that.
“Inevitable Incredible” is set to release on May 3, 2023, following the self-titled debut LP by Far From Saints, Jones’s collaborative side-project with Patty Lynn and Dwight Baker from US band The Wind And The Wave. Stereophonics released their 12th and most recent album, “Oochya!” in 2022. In early 2023, Jones gave an update on the group’s future, saying that there is no breaking up with the band or anything. For him, after 25 years of doing all their work, he wants to show other sides of what he would like to try creatively
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