![]() ![]() It’s a love song, but when Coxon sings “we travelled around the world together” on backing vocals, it’s all too easy to transfer some of these loving words over to Blur themselves. ![]() Almost out of nowhere, Albarn pulls the emotional rug from under an already tear-jerking songįor those wondering, the Darren of the title is Darren “Smoggy” Evans, Blur’s longtime bodyguard, who consistently nagged at Albarn to finish a 2003 demo that has now become The Ballad – a graceful opening track that audibly cranks the band back into action with a whirr. It’s an album that often looks back, while summoning textures and nuances that only add to their toolkit. ![]() This swiftly wrought record, which James has compared to a surprise baby (“ we didn’t know we were pregnant, and we gave birth in a supermarket car park”) finds late-life Blur on eloquent, emotional form. And yet, eight years on from their satisfying, if less pressing, last reunion album, The Magic Whip, Blur have produced a record that packs no little excitement. ![]()
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