Decades ago, Blur became one of the most visible faces of “Britpop,” a catch-all label ascribed to mid-‘90s British guitar bands who drew from the island’s rock history and inspired global followings.

The two previous albums Blur released in the new century were marked by their openness to expanding their music in whatever directions it, or the four members, saw fit. No longer expected to live up ...

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Since 1996, The Blur Division has emerged as a strikingly resourceful and multi-faceted group of musicians merely by virtue of their willingness to disregard style or genre in their individual and ...

Damon Albarn calls The Ballad of Darren, "the first legit Blur album" since 1999's 13. That's 24 years. There are two albums credited to Blur in-between: 2003's Think Tank, which guitarist Graham ...

Britpop is back, with Pulp and Oasis back in action, and Blur were actually ahead of the curve, releasing the wonderful The Ballad of Darren back in 2023. The band documented both the making of the ...