Blur

Double vinyl LP pressing. Long-awaited 2015 album from the Britpop heavyweights, their first studio album with the original quartet in 16 years. The recordings for the band's eighth studio album began in Spring 2013 at Avon Studios in Kowloon. Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree spent 5 days jamming together and carried on with their live dates while the recordings were put aside and the group finished touring and returned to their respective lives. Dave resumed his day job as a lawyer and Alex returned home to his farm in Oxfordshire from where he writes a regular farming column in The Telegraph and hosts the annual food and music festival The Big Feastival with Jamie Oliver. Graham, who has released eight critically acclaimed solo albums to date, continued to work on his own material and, in 2014, Damon released his Mercury-nominated debut solo album Everyday Robots. Then, in November last year, Graham revisited the tracks and, drafting in Blur's early producer Stephen Street (Leisure, Modern Life is Rubbish, Parklife, The Great Escape, Blur), he worked with the band on the material. Damon then added lyrics and the 12 tracks on The Magic Whip is the result.

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Documentary and concert film duology which follow British indie rock band Blur as they reunite after a second hiatus. In 'Blur: To the End' (2024), in advance of the release of their ninth studio album 'The Ballad of Darren', Blur perform their first concert in eight years and embark on a series of small warm-up shows before headlining Wembley Stadium for two nights in July 2023. Footage of the band in the studio, on the road and on stage features alongside archival footage. The concert film 'Blur: Live at Wembley Stadium' (2023) captures the band's performances at Wembley. The career-spanning setlist includes 'There's No Other Way', 'Popscene', 'Song 2', 'To the End', 'Parklife', 'Tender' and 'The Narcissist'.<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Documentary and concert film duology which follow British indie rock band Blur as they reunite after a second hiatus. In 'Blur: To the End' (2024), in advance of the release of their ninth studio album 'The Ballad of Darren', Blur perform their first concert in eight years and embark on a series of small warm-up shows before headlining Wembley Stadium for two nights in July 2023. Footage of the band in the studio, on the road and on stage features alongside archival footage. The concert film 'Blur: Live at Wembley Stadium' (2023) captures the band's performances at Wembley. The career-spanning setlist includes 'There's No Other Way', 'Popscene', 'Song 2', 'To the End', 'Parklife', 'Tender' and 'The Narcissist'.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray</i>

blur will release their first album in 8 years, titled The Ballad of Darren and comprising 10 new tracks, on 21st July on Parlophone.<br/>Produced by James Ford and recorded at Studio 13, London and Devon, The Ballad of Darren is the band's ninth studio album, their first since the chart-topping The Magic Whip in 2015, with artwork featuring an image by British photographer Martin Parr. <br/><br/>The Ballad of Darren track listing is: The Ballad, St Charles Square, Barbaric, Russian Strings, The Everglades (For Leonard), The Narcissist, Goodbye Albert, Far Away Island, Avalon and The Heights<br/><br/>Damon Albarn said - "This is an aftershock record, reflection and comment on where we find ourselves now."<br/><br/>Graham Coxon said - "The older and madder we get, it becomes more essential that what we play is loaded with the right emotion and intention. Sometimes just a riff doesn't do the job."<br/><br/>Alex James said - "For any long term relationship to last with any meaning you have to be able to surprise each other somehow and somehow we all continue to do that."<br/><br/>Dave Rowntree said - "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."

blur will release their first album in 8 years, titled The Ballad of Darren and comprising 10 new tracks, on 21st July on Parlophone.<br/>Produced by James Ford and recorded at Studio 13, London and Devon, The Ballad of Darren is the band's ninth studio album, their first since the chart-topping The Magic Whip in 2015, with artwork featuring an image by British photographer Martin Parr. <br/><br/>The Ballad of Darren track listing is: The Ballad, St Charles Square, Barbaric, Russian Strings, The Everglades (For Leonard), The Narcissist, Goodbye Albert, Far Away Island, Avalon and The Heights<br/><br/>Damon Albarn said - "This is an aftershock record, reflection and comment on where we find ourselves now."<br/><br/>Graham Coxon said - "The older and madder we get, it becomes more essential that what we play is loaded with the right emotion and intention. Sometimes just a riff doesn't do the job."<br/><br/>Alex James said - "For any long term relationship to last with any meaning you have to be able to surprise each other somehow and somehow we all continue to do that."<br/><br/>Dave Rowntree said - "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."

Brittiska Blur har sedan debuten 1990 varit ett av huvudnamnen i den brittiska popkulturen. Genom åren har de haft fem #1 album i England, sålt miljontals album, samt vunnit otaliga priser däribland 5 Brit Awards (4 st under ett och samma år 1995). <br/><br/>Bandet består av sångaren Damon Albarn, gitarristen Graham Coxon, basisten Alex James och trummisen Dave Rowntree. Albarn har haft flera sidoprojekt, bland andra Gorillas samt sitt soloprojekt med vilken han släppte album förra året som toppade listorna världen över. <br/>Det nya albumet är det första som släpps av det kompletta bandet på 16 år och skapades under fem dagar i en studio i Hongkong våren 2013. I november förra året såg Coxon över låtarna tillsammans med Blur's tidiga producent Stephen Street. Albarn la sedan på lyrics och ut kom 12 färdiga låtar. <br/><br/>Blur är kända för att vara pionjärer i Britpop rörelsen under 1990-talet då de rivaliserade med samtida bandet Oasis. "Blur won the battle, Oasis won the war, then Blur went on to win the whole campaign," ska basisten James en gång sagt. Nu när Blur är tillbaka är kampen kanske inte helt över än.

140g black 12" triple vinyl housed in a trifold outer sleeve and printed inner sleeves. tracks taken from sunday 9 july 2023 concert.