This year marks the 50th anniversary of Paul McCartney's first solo album and he'll release a new one, titled McCartney III, on December 11, according to record store Rough Trade's website. Like the first, and 1980's McCartney II, this is a true solo album, self-produced, just him, one-man-band-style.
“I was living lockdown life on my farm with my family and I would go to my studio every day," says Paul. "I had to do a little bit of work on some film music and that turned into the opening track and then when it was done I thought what will I do next? I had some stuff I’d worked on over the years but sometimes time would run out and it would be left half-finished so I started thinking about what I had. Each day I’d start recording with the instrument I wrote the song on and then gradually layer it all up, it was a lot of fun. It was about making music for yourself rather than making music that has to do a job. So, I just did stuff I fancied doing. I had no idea this would end up as an album.”