Adam Buxton, known for his podcast and comedic work, is set to release his debut album, ‘Buckle Up,’ on September 12. The album features the lead single, ‘Pizza Time.’

The 15-track record is a collaboration with Joe Mount of Metronomy, who served as the lead producer. Pete Robertson, who has worked with Beabadoobee, Jane’s Addiction, and The Vaccines, is also credited as a producer. Robertson is credited with producing ‘Pizza Time’ where Buxton sings about “beautiful pizza time.”

‘Pizza Time,’ mixed by Mount, is described as a tribute to Buxton’s teenage son, Nat, often found enjoying pizza in the morning. The song’s lyrics depict this scene: “He’s looking for pizza/ He’s pleased to find there’s a pizza there,” and culminates with “Slides it in the oven and 10 minutes later,it’s pizza time.”

The track is accompanied by a visualiser created by Guy Larsen,with whom Buxton collaborated on the Up In Smoke podcast,which received a Webby award nomination for Scripted Fiction.

Listen to ‘pizza Time’ here:

Buxton shared his outlook on ‘Buckle Up,’ stating, “I don’t actually consider this actual music… every single bit of music that I’ve listened to, in my mind, is better qualified to be considered music than this.” He added, “The more music I listen to, the more I strongly feel that I have no right to be near a record contract, especially when there are so many talented people who would love to have one!”

According to a press release, buxton “will never be a rockstar.”

Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead, upon hearing the demo for ‘Pizza Time,’ reportedly told Adam Buxton, “I think you’re hamstrung by your limitations on the guitar’.But he won’t give up. Never. Even though his playing isn’t what he wants it to be.”

Decca Records initially approached Buxton about creating a solo album five years prior.Buxton described his vision for the album as “Berlin-period Bowie and Eno going for lunch with Radiohead and Nina Simone at Brian Wilson’s beach brasserie”. He also expressed interest in including a Bulgarian choir and enlisted Mount to produce the album.

“I hoped it would be a Metronomy record with my voice!” Buxton said. Greenwood observed that Buxton’s lyrics sometimes existed in “the uncanny valley between funny and sincere.”

Buxton has collaborated with Radiohead on multiple projects, including creating a video to promote their album ‘A Moon shaped Pool’ (2016).

Regarding his collaboration with Mount, Buxton commented, “I did my best to listen to Joe when he resisted my more unrealistically ambitious ideas. I have collaborated successfully so seldomly, I really tried hard to be led by him.”

Mount shared, “I loved making this record with Adam and am vrey proud of my involvement in it.”

“I don’t actually consider this actual music… every single bit of music that I’ve listened to, in my mind, is better qualified to be considered music than this.”

Mount added, “We chatted about artists like Ween, The Rutles, Eric Idle and Harry Nilsson whilst recording, and I would often think to myself, ‘What would a car full of teenagers enjoy hearing?’. Hopefully we’ve made something a car full of teenagers will enjoy.”

Other tracks on the album include ‘I Grated My Thumb’, ‘Tea Towel’, ‘Skip This Track’ and ‘Have U Seen my Phone Charger?’.

The tracklist for Adam Buxton’s ‘Buckle Up’ is:

1. ‘Intro’
2. ‘I Grated My Thumb’
3. ‘Doing It Wrong’
4.’Pizza Time’
5. ‘Dancing In The Middle’
6. ‘Standing Still’
7.’Spiders’
8. ‘Tea Towel’
9. ‘Shorts’
10.’Skip This track’
11. ‘Falling To Part’
12. ‘My Feelings’
13. ‘Betjeman Notes’
14.’Have U Seen My Phone Charger?’
15. ‘Dimensions Of Superking’

Buxton will perform an album launch show at Rough Trade East in London on September 17.