Brian Christie

Brilliant. It’s a grower and needs to be given a few spins before declaring it anything less than great. Yes, it’s more on the melancholic side, and yes it’s not as spunky as, say, Parklife. But it’s no longer 1994. Give it time, and it will reveal itself as an affecting, mature piece of work. Blur are always changing, so the fact of this album sounds nothing like any other previous ones should be of no surprise anybody who knows them well.