{"id":4855,"date":"2015-02-20T01:02:35","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T06:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altwire.net\/?p=4855"},"modified":"2023-12-06T06:36:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T11:36:50","slug":"blur-release-first-new-single-in-twelve-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/de\/blur-release-first-new-single-in-twelve-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Blur ver\u00f6ffentlichen erste neue Single seit zw\u00f6lf Jahren"},"content":{"rendered":"

The recently reunited members of Blur announced their first album in twelve years this morning in an interview on BBC Radio,\u00a0then promptly premiered their first single “Go Up” <\/em>off of The Magic Whip <\/em>due out April 28th this year.<\/p>\n

The original four members of the 90’s Brit-pop band last created an album together in 1999 for 13<\/em>, two years after their highly popular hit “Song 2” <\/em>and their 2003 Think Tank <\/em>largely without their guitarist. Dormant for the last decade in the studio, Blur reunited for festivals, while front-man Damon Albarn remained occupied with Gorillaz<\/a> and his first solo album Everyday Robots.<\/em><\/p>\n

The sessions for The Magic Whip<\/em> started in a studio in Hong Kong some years back during a tour break\u00a0with producer Stephen Street.\u00a0 Albarn was quoted as saying “it felt like the way we recorded when we first started doing stuff,” <\/em>adding lyrics and vocals to the tracks guitarist Graham Coxon constructed with Street.<\/p>\n

“There’s things that are obviously Blur,” <\/em>Coxon added, “but [also] things that might not sound classically what people think.”<\/em> Fans weren’t alone in their shock this morning, with Albarn explaining that he thought Blur had run its course.<\/p>\n

The Magic Whip <\/em>can be pre-ordered on iTunes and Amazon, the single available as an instant download upon purchase.<\/p>\n