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 Live At Wembley Stadium | Full Concert (2024 UK/EU limited edition 25-track triple album 3-LP pressed on three 140-gram black vinyl records, featuring the live concert performance on Sunday 9th July 2023. Housed inside a 6-panel triple gatefold picture sleeve with printed inners, hype sticker & factory sealed)
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BLUR The Great Escape (UK/EU limited edition 15-track double album 2-LP, a welcome repress of their 1995 fourth studio album, remastered and pressed on 180-gram black vinyl. Including the singles Country House, The Universal, Stereotypes and Charmless Man. Glossy gatefold picture sleeve with original cover artwork, factory sealed)
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BLUR Leisure (UK/EU limited edition remastered 12-track LP, a welcome reissue of their 1991 debut album pressed on 180-gram black vinyl. Featuring She's So High, Bang, There's No Other Way, and more. Picture sleeve with original cover artwork,factory sealed)
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BLUR The Magic Whip (2023 UK/EU limited edition 12-track black vinyl double album 2-LP, originally released in 2015. The Magic Whip thrums with ideas and possibilities. Isolation and the de-peronalising qualities of modern living weavethrough the album's 12 songs. Gatefold picture sleeve with Chinese cover artwork by Tony Hung, spine-wrap obi & factory sealed. Recommended)
- Blur - M.O.R. - Orange - UK - 7" vinyl - £20.00, $25.80, €23.80 (New Item) (arrived 07-Feb-2024 09:55)on July 26, 2024 at 6:55 pm
BLUR M.O.R. (1997 UK limited edition 7" single pressed on ORANGE vinyl with picture labels, also including Swallows In The Heatwave, hype stickered textured picture sleeve, the vinyl shows some light cosmetic scuffs which do not impact play FOOD107)
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