The Magic Whip by Blur
"The Magic Whip" is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Blur. It was released by Parlophone on 27 April 2015 and Warner Bros. Records on 28 April 2015. It is the band's first studio album since Think Tank (2003), marking the longest gap between two studio albums in their career.
After a 12-year break between studio albums, Blur remain as intrepid and inventive as they’ve ever been. <i>The Magic Whip</i> finds the Britpop icons reuniting with a collection that's both wonderfully familiar and endlessly surprising. “Lonesome Street” kicks off with the ecstatic crunch of guitar and then takes on new colours and textures, with psychedelic synth flourishes and kooky harmonies. While the gleefully distorted “I Broadcast” buzzes and roars, the melancholy sway of “New World Towers” and the serpentine soul of “My Terracotta Heart” leave a haunting afterglow.
