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Listen to Blur's new track entitled Lonesome Street Listen to Blur's new track entitled Lonesome Street
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Today is Damon Albarn’s 47th birthday. So if you haven’t posted a card yet, the least you could do is listen to Blur’s brand new song Lonesome Street.Today is Damon Albarn’s 47th birthday. So if you haven’t posted a card yet, the least you could do is listen to Blur’s brand new song Lonesome Street.
If the first two offerings from The Magic Whip were a little too earnest for your liking, perhaps this third and final song to be sent to fans ahead of the release of the new album will convert you: contrary to its title, it’s a playful, Modern Life Is Rubbish recalling track with Graham Coxon sharing vocals with Albarn (many of which are the word “woo”). It’s safe to say the mood is lighter than There Are Too Many Of Us’ chin strokey tale of overpopulation in Hong Kong; it sounds like Blur enjoying being Blur again. If the first two offerings from The Magic Whip were a little too earnest for your liking, perhaps this third and final song to be sent to fans ahead of the release of the new album will convert you: contrary to its title, it’s a playful track, recalling Modern Life Is Rubbish, with Graham Coxon sharing vocals with Albarn (many of which are the word “woo”). It’s safe to say the mood is lighter than There Are Too Many of Us’ chin-strokey tale of overpopulation in Hong Kong; it sounds like Blur enjoying being Blur again.
The track follows Friday’s secret show for 300 fans in West London which saw the band play The Magic Whip live ahead of its official release on 27April 2015. The track follows Friday’s secret show for 300 fans in west London, which saw the band play The Magic Whip live ahead of its official release on 27 April 2015.
So will you be buying the new album? And more importantly - what would you write in Damon Albarn’s birthday card? Take a listen and let us know. So will you be buying the new album? And more importantly – what would you write in Damon Albarn’s birthday card? Take a listen and let us know.