... If you hang up this album, and that the same in two senses: the comeback album of Brit popper on which the sun from the "I Go Out" video is shown, begins with a bridge to the past, when Blur next Oasis, the band of the United Köngreichs were hit and were delivering to hit "Lonesome Street" makes a good mood and is summery easily, without implying triviality would imply. Indeed Blur succeeded with this album the feat to pack big tunes in a sound garment that all side-projects of individual members (all of course the Gorillaz and the solo album Albarn from last year) does not try to hide, but skillfully translate into their own band Universe. The opener sends a so seen on the wrong track: The album is kept largely quiet and has a strong electronic impact; This is, however, repeatedly undermined by Coxon's guitar playing, so that the songs sound a whole organic. Eben to a tape. Between all the melancholy, atmospheric moments in the form of great songs like "Thought I Was A Spaceman" and has this album "My Terracotta Heart", breaking titles like going forward, "I Broadcast", the radio-inspired "Ghost Ship "and the obligatory singalong" Ong Ong "on this. "The Magic Whip" is a work that perfectly entitled "Album" dogs: One should not tilt in search of the songs, the one immediately remain in the ear, but rather give the album as a whole its time to unfold. Here no grade is arbitrary, all sounds, despite the alleged coincidence of its creation (the band had gone into a free minute in Hong Kong spontaneously in the studio) to the work that has put into the songs the band. Thus Blur put no embarrassment work before that you should draw lasting comeback in the length in years, but ringing rather a new chapter in her own band-history. Old and new fans will be pleased.
