Blur: The Ballad Of Darren (CD) Run The Jewels 's polemic fury and rapid-fire

's polemic fury and rapid-fire urgency - though as always the band rages without hip-hop machinery in favour of the heavy-duty power tools of rock

dark marches and jazz-funk colourations typical of the 1970s crime genre

When not on tour Ian lectures in Irish Folklore and musical traditions in University College Dublin

Over the course of three weeks

Blur: The Ballad Of Darren (CD) Run The Jewels 's polemic fury and rapid-fireProduced by James Ford and recorded at Studio 13, London and Devon, The Ballad of Darren is the bands ninth studio album, their first since the chart topping The Magic Whip in 2015, with artwork featuring an image by British photographer Martin Parr. The Ballad St Charles Square Barbaric Russian Strings The Everglades (For Leonard) The Narcissist Goodbye Albert Far Away Island Avalon The Heights