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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Blur: Fool's Day

It was caused quite a stir when Britpop band Blur announced that they would release a new single for Record Store Day. The 1000 copies sold out pretty fucking fast and are being sold on eBay for ridiculous prizes.

The band now offers it as a free download (MP3 - 320 kbps and uncompressed wav).

Blur’s manager Chris Morrison has said it is important that the song was made available to fans legally. "To avoid fans having to illegally obtain an inferior copy of this track from pirate sites – we have made it freely available through the band’s website".

It's basically a less inspired addition to their catalog, a B-side that has "fans only" written all over it. Never mind it's their first that the four members of Blur have recorded together since Battery In Your Leg from the album Think Tank (2003).

MP3: Blur - Fool's Day

» blur.co.uk

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Matt Stevens: Echo

Matt Stevens

London composer Matt Stevens explores the depths of guitar playing, building his layered instrumentals with loops, drums and samplers. When you work like that, changes are that you add just a bit too much, losing focus and clarity in the process. Not so on his debut album Echo, a collection of well-balanced, adventurous tracks.

Stevens is like a kid in a musical candy store, grabbing things from the jazz, rock, folk and flamenco shelves. With a drum sound that is dry as a sweltering day in the Sahara, and caressing guitar licks, Echo comes crawling out of the speakers like a contented cat who raided the fridge. Recommended if you like Kaki King, Robert Fripp and Steve Hackett.

Echo is a self-released album. Buy it (pay-what-you-want) from his website. The 10 Track Digipack Version Of Echo (limited edition 0f 60 copies) is yours for £5 GBP or more.

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