The Weatherman is releasing a new record, entitled Jamboree Park At The Milky Way, on 30th March.


This is his first album since 2006's Cruisin' Alaska, where he played all the instruments himself. I'm not entirely certain if he would have done the same on his new album, as the description promises many string arrangements (or is that simply my bad translation?)

The Weatherman is Alexandre Monteiro, from Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. Monteiro says of his new record "this record reflects a demand for something that suggested an association between a thing attached to land (the more folk side of my music) and an idea of space exploration. You could say that the record has one foot on the ground but its eyes trained toward space." And as for playing his album live: "I think it will have great results in large spaces because the music is exciting. The songs that I wrote for this record are authentic and potent hymns. They are a type of song to be chanted, complimenting the privileged vistas of outer space."