Yesterday was Record Store Day, and 1,000 lucky blokes picked up this 7″, the first new Blur song in (appropriately enough) seven years. It was recorded in London weeks ago. Their last single was Think Tank‘s “Battery In Your Leg.”
As we mentioned last week, Damon Albarn told The Sun, ”We want independent record stores to continue — they’re an important part of our musical culture.” True. None of the exclusive vinyl made its way to the states, which means we have to enjoy it via teh Internets, much like the Britpop heroes’ 2009 reunion tour. The band knows this, though, which is why they’ve made MP3 and WAV available for the price of an e-mail address at http://www.blur.co.uk/. Or stream it below (with lyrics)…
Chill and Kinksy like the best of 13, although now Damon’s slice of modern life comes from the perspective of fatherhood.
“Porridge done, I take my kid to school, past the pound shop, Woolworth’s … On my bike, down the Ladbroke Road to the forthcoming dramas of studio and loveable sweet music.”
More please.
Amrit and I will see Gorillaz close out Coachella 2010 late tonight. If AT&T get their shit together, you can follow our tweets at @stereogum.
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Shockingly mediocre.
“Kinksy like the best of 13″ doesn’t make sense. That album is one of their least Kinksy.
It is very Kinski, though, so I can understand the confusion.
I hope they manage to stay together. I don’t know if the heroin rumors were true or not, but they definitely need to produce another stellar album. I think the greatest challenge is having to live up to such an incredible body of work. How will they top their previous efforts? We’ll just have to wait to find out.
This song is actually amazing. I love Coxon solo and I appreciate all Albarn endeavours, but nothing can beat Coxon and Albarn together. Alex James bass line makes the song too. Oasis may have won the battle back in ’95, but Blur won the war. I fucking love this song. I could not be more pleasantly surprised with how good this turned out.