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Damon Albarn details new album ‘The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows’
Listen to the title track now!
Set for release on 12th November via Transgressive Records, Damon Albarn has confirmed that his new solo album ‘The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows’ is on the way.
Initially intended to be an orchestral piece inspired by the mountains of Iceland, Damon says of the record, “I have been on my own dark journey while making this record and it led me to believe that a pure source might still exist.”
Check out the title track now.
‘The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows’ Tracklisting:
1. The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows
2. The Cormorant
3. Royal Morning Blue
4. Combustion
5. Daft Wader
6. Darkness To Light
7. Esja
8. The Tower Of Montevideo
9. Giraffe Trumpet Sea
10. Polaris
11. Particles
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