The members of blurofficial surprised even themselves with their first album since 2015, out this month. 'We didn’t know we were pregnant, and we gave birth in the supermarket car park. It’s like, ‘Oh, my God, it’s a beautiful boy!’'
onward, there were brass sections, string sections, backing singers, orchestras, fucking percussion. It was insane.” This time, he continues, “we stripped it right back to the bare-bones essence. It really sounds and feels like a Blur record.”call back clearly through the band’s history — perhaps none more than the opening track, “The Ballad,” which is based on a 2003by Albarn and dedicated to the band’s longtime head of security, Darren “Smoggy” Evans.
When they were done with primary recording, the bandmates went their separate ways. “Damon retreated to his house in Devon, in the west of England, out in the boonies — very isolated, quiet, beautiful part of the world,” James says. “He took his time there, and really dug deep on the vocals.” “I don’t want to put words in Damon’s mouth about what the songs are about,” Rowntree adds. “But it certainly seemed to me it was very personal, and that’s when Damon’s at his best. That kind of melancholy reflective mood that he can brilliantly evoke — there was a lot of that.”
James and Rowntree are each logged onto Zoom from their own quiet parts of the world when we speak. In James’ case, it’s a barn at the Oxfordshire farm where he produces a line of cheeses in between band projects. “A lot of musicians do end up living on farms,” he muses. “I think it’s all those years living out of suitcases. You need to put down roots and calm down a little bit.”
These days, the bassist sounds grateful that Blur are not just reunited, but making new work that feels surprisingly vital. “It’s a very, very precious thing we’ve got, all those years of playing together,” he says. “But the fact that we have managed to make a record that we’re all really proud of gives this period of touring a whole new context. It’s not a nostalgia thing anymore.”
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