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 ...

And throughout The Ballad of Darren, heard especially powerfully on the single "St. Charles Square" and "Goodbye Albert," are echoes of David Bowie. Coxon evokes Robert Fripp's frazzled tone from ...

From the bubbly, synth-rock of "Barbaric" to "The Narcissist," the sort of timeless but deceptively unassuming song Blur excels at, The Ballad of Darren is one of Blur's most zigzagging albums.

The Ballad of Darren pegs that melancholy to middle-aged turbulence, but its gentility and concision displace Blur hallmarks that would more forcefully evoke a man’s unraveling: Coxon’s ...

It wouldn’t sound amiss on the ‘The Ballad of Darren’, the band’s ninth studio album, which deals in similar nostalgia, loss and melancholy. When the band took lead single ‘The ...

Blur drummer Dave Rowntree has announced a book of photography of his band titled No One You Know: Dave Rowntree’s Early Blur ...

Blur recently brought their supporting tour for their 2023 comeback album The Ballad Of Darren to a close with two appearances at this year’s Coachella. Online discourse suggested the pair of ...

Iconic British band blur (“Song 2”, “Girls & Boys”) comes together to record their first album in eight years – the chart-topping The Ballad of Darren – and prepare for the biggest ...