Blur

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Back in February 2022, three months before this record's release, he told NME "I'm quite happy with the formula. I ended up getting most of the reissues except Leisure, my least favourite, TGE and TT as I have those original pressings.

His experimentation on the guitar crackles through 'Movin' On' and 'Country Sad Ballad Man,' while he is even allowed a lead vocal on the quite lovely 'You're So Great. Not so much growing old gracefully as tackling challenges that come with it, it's though proving, poignant and grittily woozy. Blur had previously been broadly critical of American popular culture and their previous albums had become associated with the Britpop movement, particularly 'Parklife' (1994), which had helped them become one of Britain's leading pop acts. Then bright young things looking to shake things up after years of electronic rave dominance, the fact so much emphasis was placed on these two bands makes for an incomplete story of those times, while their individual output was not quite polar but certainly harder to compare than headlines suggested.By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising.

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Fortunately, The Ballad of Darren, the band's first new album since 2015, is a giddy blast from the past - and reportedly one recorded in a much more cooperative and good-humoured atmosphere than expected. I honestly felt like Damon was in the room on a few tracks (especially Beetlebum) and Grahams guitar parts piercing through the stellar mix. Review: It's funny to think about the Blur v Oasis contest that defined British music in the mid-1990s.