Blur Frontman Damon Albarn on His Pastoral Folk Opera, Working With Lana Del Rey, and His Summer Olympics Gig
"I just want to give everyone who turns up a really good send-off."
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"I just want to give everyone who turns up a really good send-off."
It's a rainy spring day here in the northeast, so music critic Nitsuh Abebe has picked a quintet of slow, moody tunes.
"Some days I feel one way and other days I feel the other." Clarity!
Both bands are pretty much done, he says.
"It's based on the life of John Dee, who was a very influential force in Elizabethan Europe."
Says bassist Dave Rowntree: "We’re in touch."
"We can't do it all the time. So I don't want anyone to think there's an album coming soon, it's not possible, but we've got songs!"
He needs a job now, right?
"I did leave off a few songs that maybe had better melodies than these."
It's good, but maybe not quite the return you were hoping for.
The four members of Blur will take a short break from their opera-writing, political-office-seeking, and cheese-making to record their first single in seven years.
Blur leader Damon Albarn is under serious consideration for the job of artistic director for the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics.
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