From Loudersound.
Blur‘s reunion activity is not going to be confined to live shows, as the group have announced the forthcoming release of their first album in eight years, The Ballad Of Darren.
The follow-up to 2015’s The Magic Whip is being teased by the release of a new Blur single, The Narcissist.
Each member of the band has made his own individual statement about the forthcoming record, Blur’s ninth album, which was produced by James Ford and recorded at Damon Albarn’s Studio 13 in London, and in Devon.
“This is an aftershock record,” says vocalist Albarn, “reflection and comment on where we find ourselves now.”
“The older and madder we get, it becomes more essential that what we play is loaded with the right emotion and intention,” adds guitarist Graham Coxon. “Sometimes just a riff doesn’t do the job.”
Dave Rowntree chips in with, “It always feels very natural to make music together. With every record we do, the process reveals something new and we develop as a band. We don’t take that for granted.”
The bass player said something too, but nothing important.
The tracklist for The Ballad Of Darren is:
1. The Ballad
2. St Charles Square
3. Barbaric
4. Russian Strings
5. The Everglades (For Leonard)
6. The Narcissist
7. Goodbye Albert
8. Far Away Island
9. Avalon
10. The Heights
Blur play an intimate show at Colchester Arts Centre tonight (May 19) and have underplay shows in Eastbourne, Wolverhampton and Newcastle next week ahead of a string of festival appearances in Europe, and two nights at London’s Wembley Stadium in July, at which snooker legend Steve Davis will support.
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- Blur - The Universal - Jukebox - UK - 7" vinyl - Promo - £25.00, $31.00, €30.25 (New Item) (arrived 30-Dec-2024 17:58)on January 6, 2025 at 11:30 pm
BLUR The Universal (1995 UK wide centre vinyl 7" for the single release, pressed exclusively for jukebox use with black injection labels, also including Entertain Me [Live It! Remix], plain sleeve with the original jukebox selection card tab attached to the front. The vinyl remains excellent with just a few light surface marks FOODLH69)
- Blur - The 10 Year Anniversary Box Set + Belly Band - UK - box set - £175.00, $217.00, €211.75 (New Item) (arrived 29-Nov-2024 15:46)on January 6, 2025 at 11:30 pm
BLUR The 10 Year Anniversary Box Set (1999 UK limited edition 22 x CD single set featuring all their original B-sides and 127 tracks in total. Each CD is housed inside a card wallet picture sleeve replicating the original single artwork, complete with limited edition booklet. The entire set is contained inside a blur monogrammed, zip-up fabric soft case, with its original card belly-band intact. The case has just a couple of light scuffs to the back and the individualsleeves show minimal wear or age. A few of the discs display some superfical surface marks from handling and storage but nothing that will interfere with play. To help protect the band, this has been put inside the case BLURBOX10)
- Blur - The Great Escape - Blue & White Split Vinyl - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £95.00, $117.80, €114.95 (New Item) (arrived 03-Sep-2024 17:00)on January 6, 2025 at 11:30 pm
BLUR The Great Escape (2020 UK 25th Anniversary limited edition 15-track remastered double LP pressed on Blue & White Split Vinyl. Originally released in 1995, their fourth studio album including the singles Country House, The Universal, Stereotypes and Charmless Man. Housed in a glossy gatefold picture sleeve with individual lyric printed inners. This example is still in the original hype stickered open shrink, and displays minimal wear and the vinyl has very littlesigns of play FOODLPX14)
- Blur - Blur 21 - The Box - UK - cd album box set - £195.00, $241.80, €235.95 (New Item) (arrived 23-Sep-2024 12:23)on January 6, 2025 at 11:30 pm
BLUR Blur 21 - The Box (2012 UK Deluxe 18CD/3DVD/1x7" Box Set, the ultimate anthology of Blur’s incredible career including over 5½ hours of previously unreleased material, comprising remastered & expanded editions of all the albums, four discs of rarities exclusive to this set, three DVDs of live performances & previously unreleased footage, a collectable 7" vinyl single ['Superman'] & a special hard-bound book packed with interviews & rare photos, all housed in a deluxe material-covered box. The box displays just a little light general age wear, with the content remaining in a 'near mint' condition BLURBOX21)
- Blur - Parklife - UK - CD album - £10.00, $12.40, €12.10 (New Item) (arrived 24-Sep-2024 16:59)on January 6, 2025 at 11:30 pm
BLUR Parklife (1994 UK 16-track CD album, their classic third studio album including the singles Girls & Boys, To The End, Parklife, End Of A Century and This Is A Low, picture sleeve FOODCD10) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
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