The Britpop legends Blur's first new song in eight years off an upcoming album the group secretly recorded and suddenly announced this week, The Ballad of Darren is a self-critical catalog of the disillusions of fame, awash in the band's misty melancholy.Damon Albarn's reflections are sullen and cleareyed, but buoyed by Dave Rowntree steady beat and Graham Coxon's charmingly cheery backing vocals he finds a glimmer of hope and strength to carry on.
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