Blur have made a sudden announcement their first album in twelve years, Magic Whip, has been completed and will be released in April.
The recordings, which began during a five-day break in touring in Spring 2013 – at Avon Studios in Kowloon, Hong Kong – were put aside when the group finished touring and returned to their respective lives.
Last November Graham Coxon revisited the tracks and, drafting in Blur’s early producer Stephen Street, he worked with the band on the material. Albarn then added lyrics and the 12 tracks of The Magic Whip are the result.
Production will be done by Stephen Street who helmed a number of other albums by the group.
The band’s last album was 2003’s Think Tank, their first without founding guitarist Graham Coxon. After a four year hiatus, Coxon returned for a show in London’s Hyde Park which led to a number of other, mainly festival, appearances. After an interrupted attempt at a new album in 2009, the band finally reentered the studio last year to record Magic Whip.
Blur – Go Out
Warner Music will release Blur ‘The Magic Whip’ on April 24, 2015.
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Blur – Magic Whip Track List
Lonesome Street
New World Towers
Go Out
Ice Cream Man
Thought I Was A Spaceman
I Broadcast
My Terracotta Heart
There Are Too Many Of Us
Ghost Ship
Pyongyang
One Ong
Mirrorball
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