Peter Capaldi on Oasis, his new album and love of “fat guitars”

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Peter Capaldi has spoken to NME about his second solo album ‘Sweet Illusions’, the state of UK politics, his upcoming role in Black Mirror, mental health support in the film and TV industry, the Oasis reunion and the success of his cousin Lewis Capaldi.The 66-year-old actor, who is renowned for playing the main role in Doctor Who and the profane spin doctor Malcolm Tucker in the political satire The Thick of It, was speaking to NME at a junket for the upcoming second series of supernatural psychological thriller The Devil’s Hour.His punk and new wave-influenced ‘Sweet Illusions’ follows 2021’s ‘St.

Christopher’ and has been preceded by atmospheric lead single ‘Bin Night’. The album will be released via the independent label Last Night From Glasgow and was produced by Dr.

Robert of The Blow Monkeys. Capaldi described his musical side project as “one of the great freedoms”.“What thrills me about it is that it’s mine, so I don’t have to sell it in any particular way,” Capaldi told NME. “I have deliberately gone with a record company that’s not a bigger record company.

I don’t want any obligations. I don’t have anyone saying, ‘You’ve got to go on The One Show.’ This is about my exploration of myself, artistically – and fun!