The group have largely been on hiatus since the Magic Whip tour, but have announced plans to reunite in 2023 for various live dates. We are available to book for live shows and events, as well as bespoke licensed music for videos, commercials, TV, film and more.

All image and audio content is used by permission of the copyright holders or their agents, and/or according to fair dealing as per the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. It will be the band’s first studio album since Think Tank (2003), marking the longest gap between two studio albums in their career, their first with guitarist Graham Coxon since 13 in 1999. Their seventh album, Think Tank (2003), continued their experimentation with electronic sounds and was also shaped by Albarn's growing interest in hip hop and world music, featuring more minimal guitar work. Bit of a mystery, here--missed this on initial release, and had been looking for a copy for the last few months. Like Albarn's recent solo work, it explores the distant traveler's conflicting sense of wonder and alienation.Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. I don't have a clever ice cream or Blur reference to end this review on, but this album is a flavor of music we've been missing that has brought clarity to my cloud-filled album library. It's an alternative rock band's album alright, but no particular sound is overpowering another; Damon's voice so perfectly compliments the instruments, as the instruments dance with his voice. On the way back from his tour of Australia in December, Albarn stopped in Hong Kong once more for lyrical inspiration.

Songs on The Magic Whip mention internet hotspots, satellite showers, industrial light and glass arcades. The band consists of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Their next album, 13 (1999) saw the band experimenting with electronic and gospel music, and featured more personal lyrics from Albarn.We carry a broad range of CDs and vinyl (7”/12” singles and LPs) and specialise in indie, alternative, rock, punk, metal plus a few other genres. There’s a double sided giant poster, two printed inner sleeves, a mirror on the rear of the heavy card matt gatefold sleeve and a download card. The Magic Whip is the first Blur album since 2003's Think Tank, the first with guitarist Graham Coxon onboard since 1999's 13 (Coxon was booted from the Think Tank sessions a week in and summarily quit), and the first with producer Stephen Street since 1997's Blur. In the following months, Albarn had stated in interviews that he was unsure whether the resulting music would ever be released. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.

Language - Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply. A1 Lonesome Street 4:23A2 New World Towers 4:02A3 Go Out 4:40B1 Ice Cream Man 3:23B2 Thought I Was A Spaceman 6:16B3 I Broadcast 2:52C1 My Terracotta Heart 4:05C2 There Are Too Many Of Us 4:26C3 Ghost Ship 4:59D1 Pyongyang 5:38D2 Ong. I like to imagine everyone in Blur was sitting around a room, and after a long silence of watching everyone else coming out with albums, without saying anything, they all stood up, walked in unison to the recording studio in the next room and hit record.I was a little turned off originally when I heard "ice cream man" but the rest of the music is top notch. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).

It wasn’t until Graham Coxon reprised these sessions and presented them to long-time producer Stephen Street, who went on to develop them with the guitarist, that they realised they might have material worthy of a new album. Initially conceived in Hong Kong, during downtime following a cancelled show in Japan, the band spent five days laying down ideas. Please note, The Vinyl Whistle accepts no responsibility for any package which is damaged, lost or stolen during transit. Their eighth album, The Magic Whip (2015), was the sixth consecutive Blur studio album to top the British chart.Songs on The Magic Whip mention internet hotspots, satellite showers, industrial light and glass arcades. The Magic Whip is Blur's surprise reunion record - the biggest surprise of which is how effortlessly it maintains the band's essence, while pushing it's sound into uncharted territory. Anyway on listening to The Magic Whip today, it opens with the Blur sound we’re familiar with from the early to mid 90s. With a few exceptions - the playful Ong Ong, the 1994 time warp Lonesome Street - the album is a moody affair, capturing the bristling tension of later Blur albums. In November 2014, Coxon received Albarn’s approval to work further on the recordings with producer Stephen Street, while Albarn was touring his solo album, Everyday Robots.