The Ballad of Darren doesn't stop the streak. Even The Magic Whip, the 2015 LP that ended the 12-year break, had some new tricks up its sleeve. The thrill of The Ballad of Darren is never knowing where they will go next.Their restlessness has always been in service of their music, from the tentative Britpop steps taken on the 1991 debut Leisure to the synth-pop and punk of 1994's breakthrough Parklife to the American indie-rock moves heard on 1997's eponymously titled album. You'd think the solo ventures would have sharpened their collective focus a bit more, but three decades after their debut, Blur remains one of modern rock's most fidgety bands. The genre-hopping is more evident than in the past slow songs are followed by full-on rockers, which are followed by pop and electronic turns. Charles Square," with wobbly, in-the-red guitar and Albarn declaring at the start, " I fucked up / I'm not the first to do it." It's an attention-getting moment and clearly designed as the record's gateway.įrom 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. It's just the Trojan horse to push through the next song, "St. The album opens with a three-and-a-half minute, truth-in-advertising song called "The Ballad," complete with strings and a reserved Albarn vocal. Their restlessness has always been in service of their music, from the tentative Britpop steps taken on the 1991 debut Leisure to the synth-pop and punk of 1994's breakthrough Parklife to the American indie-rock moves heard on 1997's eponymously titled album.
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