See Paul McCartney on "Carpool Karaoke" in Liverpool - plus new album details

Paul McCartney is plugging his upcoming album with an appearance on James Corden's "Carpool Karaoke" segment on CBS TV's "Late Late Show" last night, plus the release of two new tunes from the LP, Egypt Station, which will be out this fall.

You can view the "Carpool Karaoke" appearance, shot in Liverpool, below. In it, Paul gives Corden a tour of Liverpool sites, including Penny Lane and his childhood home at 20 Forthlin Road, which Paul said he hadn't been inside for 50 years.

Paul sings "When I'm Sixty-Four," sitting at a piano in the same living room where he rehearsed with the early Beatles and wrote songs with John Lennon.

The segment culminates with a surprise performance by Paul and his regular band at Liverpool's Philharmonic Pub, which includes one of his new tunes, "Come On to Me."


The day before the TV appearance, Paul released two new songs as a "double A-side single," which you can hear via the official YouTube videos below.



Finally, here is the news release detailing Egypt Station, which is scheduled for release worldwide on Sept. 7:

Paul McCartney invites you on a musical journey to Egypt Station, estimated time of arrival September 7, 2018 by way of Capitol Records.

Sharing a title with one of Paul’s own paintings, Egypt Station is the first full album of all-new McCartney music since 2013’s international chart-topping NEW. Preceded by two of its tracks just released as double A-sides--plaintive ballad  “I Don’t Know” and raucous stomper  “Come On To Me”—Egypt Station was recorded between Los Angeles, London and Sussex, and produced (with the exception of one track) by Greg Kurstin (Adele, Beck, Foo Fighters).

Of the forthcoming album’s enigmatic title, Paul says, “I liked the words ‘Egypt Station.’ It reminded me of the ‘album’ albums we used to make.., Egypt Station starts off at the station on the first song and then each song is like a different station. So it gave us some idea to base all the songs around that. I think of it as a dream location that the music emanates from."

True to the inspiration behind its title, Egypt Station’s 14 songs combine to convey a unique travelogue vibe. Between the opening and closing instrumentals “Station I” and “Station II,” each song finds Paul capturing a place or moment before transporting the listener seamlessly to the next destination. Stops along the way include an acoustic meditation on present day contentedness (“Happy With You”), a timeless anthem that would fit on virtually any album of any McCartney era (“People Want Peace”), and an epic multi-movement closer clocking in at seven minutes with a song suite structure harkening back to the days of Paul’s previous combos (“Despite Repeated Warnings”). The result is a kaleidoscopic journey through myriad musical locales and eras, yet firmly rooted in the here and now--with Paul’s singular unmistakeable melodic sensibility serving as guide.

Confirmation of Egypt Station’s release puts an end to speculation about a new Paul McCartney album that began with the whiting out of his Instagram account as Paul turned up at various landmarks in Liverpool. The capper was a June 9 surprise gig at Liverpool’s tiny Philharmonic Pub, during which “Come On To Me” was debuted alongside a set of classics spanning Paul’s career. Further details to come…

The album will be available in a variety of formats, including:

 

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