Damon Albarn shares title monitor from upcoming solo LP, ‘The Nearer the Fountain, Extra Pure the Stream Flows’

Following the current information that Damon Albarn could be releasing his second solo effort, the Gorillaz mastermind has now shared the LP’s first single. “The Nearer the Fountain, Extra Pure the Stream Flows” acts because the document’s titular providing, with the total album set to be launched on November 12 through Transgressive Information.

Albarn’s vocals float over huge orchestral soundscapes; fluttering instrumentals construct hopeful tones. The album’s identify, The Nearer the Fountain, Extra Pure the Stream Flows comes from a John Clare poem titled “Love and Reminiscence.” Whereas the undertaking started as an orchestral piece impressed by Iceland’s volcanic landscapes, the document become a full-length album whereas in lockdown. Albarn said in a press launch,

“I've been alone darkish journey whereas making this document and it led me to imagine that pure supply may nonetheless exist.”

Bodily copies of the album, together with CDs, cassette tapes, and a restricted version shade vinyl, might be made obtainable. Deluxe editions of the album will embody a casebound e book with extra pictures, unique scanned lyrics, art work, a white vinyl urgent of the document, and a bonus 7″ that includes a music that had not made it onto the tracklist.

The Nearer the Fountain, Extra Pure the Stream Flows marks Albarn’s second solo effort and follows 2014’s On a regular basis Robots. Albarn has spent the final yr busy together with his newest Gorillaz undertaking, Tune Machine: Season One: Unusual Timez. The atypical 17-track album continued Gorillaz’s legacy of collaborating with artists of all genres and featured the likes of Elton John, slowthai, Beck, and extra.

H/T: Rolling Stone

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