Blur - The Ballad of Darren Format:LP - Black Vinyl but with this sprawling and

but with this sprawling and uncompromising epic

'I wanted the end to sound like a New Orleans jazz funeral'

When The Slow Readers Club hit the studio in early 2022 with producer Joe Cross (Hurts/Courteeners)

our societal structures

[their 3 albums and demos] which ignited the band’s full reformation

Blur - The Ballad of Darren Format:LP - Black Vinyl but with this sprawling andOne of the most successful British bands of the last 3 decades, Blur are back with their first new album in over 8 years: The Ballad of Darren. The album was produced by James Ford and recorded in Studio 13, London and Devon, and is the sound of a band at the very top of their game. The Ballad of Darren is the bands ninth studio album, their first since the chart topping The Magic Whip in 2015, with artwork featuring an image by British photographer