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 Song 2 (1997 UK 6-track double CD single set, also including Get Out Of Cities, Polished Stone, Bustin' + Dronin' plus a live acoustic version of Country Sad Ballad Man. Each disc comes issued in their original individual card wallet picture sleeves CDFOOD/S93)
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BLUR Bustin' + Dronin' (2022 UK/EU limited edition double album 2-LP, a black vinyl reissue of the Record Store Day exclusive 'first time on vinyl' release of the 1988 Japanese CD release; including nine remixes of tracks from their 1997 eponymously titled album by William Orbit, Adrian Sherwood, Moby, Thurston Moore and John McEntire. Wide spine picture sleeve with replica Japanese obi, factory sealed)
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