Andy Bell - pinball wanderer (2025) [Official Digital Download]

Perhaps every rock star who makes it big reaches a point in their career when they feel emboldened to do what the hell they like. This would certainly help explain the run of solo and collaborative projects from Ride and Oasis veteran Andy Bell over recent years, all of which have yielded music that is eclectic, playful and, more often than not, adventurous.

Third solo outing pinball wanderer follows this pattern, with tracks that demonstrate Bell’s versatility by encompassing spirit-of-Madchester-infused workouts, lush electronica and krautrock. Impressively, the album does this while maintaining coherence, never seeming less than the sum of its parts.

Matters begin with ‘panic attack’, a track that dissects the very 21st-century problem of doom-scrolling and obsessing over things we likely can’t change. For all Bell’s guitar chimes in a Byrds-like fashion, the overall effect is closer to Stereolab, a recurring reference point here, in the track’s sheer insistence.

TRACKLIST

1. Andy Bell - panic attack
2. Andy Bell - I'm in love…
3. Andy Bell - madder lake deep
4. Andy Bell - apple green ufo
5. Andy Bell - pinball wanderer
6. Andy Bell - music concrete
7. Andy Bell - the notes you never hear
8. Andy Bell - space station mantra



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