CULLUM PUTS HIS FEET DOWN

In what might be the least-thrilling battle of our age, Jamie Cullum is squaring up to his record label in a bid to secure his vision of what his next album should sound like.

Cullum wants the freedom to do as he pleases, but claims the label is pushing him to do something "commercial":

"The label want me to record a new album this year and it's going to be a battle.

"I've got an idea of what I'd like to do and they know what they want me to do, so we'll just have to see how it pans out."

Yeah, because we bet your label is worried you'll turn up with a record that sounds like the Happy Flowers. Your idea of experimenation is to stand on top of the piano midset; somehow, we bet the bosses won't be too upset if you go wild and add an extra drumtrack or something.

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