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Blur’s debut album — at that point more a quartet of cute guys trying to sound like My Bloody Valentine than a serious lineup of four super-talented musicians and songwriters — sounds just as naive, a little silly, and surprisingly sincere.

Although Albarn’s songwriting talent hadn’t yet fully blossomed, and Coxon hadn’t yet developed his own electric-guitar style, you can already hear glimpses of the potential that would soon make Blur one of the defining ... read more

The biggest love letter to music itself. Not to some specific era, genre or artists that influenced the two masterminds behind the robots — just music as it is.
I love the idea of exploring so many different ways to feel emotions and experience something truly important again while listening to music. Not sure, but I think Thomas and Guy-Manuel intentionally made this album as one big emotional cascade to remind you of one thing: music doesn’t have to, but it definitely still can ... read more

When you're too late to finish your Homework properly, don't expect any new discoveries — or even those da funky vibes. At most, all you can get is an album that feels like it was made in just two weeks. Human After All lacks the rich sound layering and interesting new elements that were always present in the previous two records. It doesn't even have a strong central idea that could tie the entire tracklist together into one single conceptual artwork. Can we really not ... read more

It's hard to find new words for Discovery that haven't already been said. It's just as hard to understand what influenced two talented house producers to create a conceptual dance album, blending EDM, disco, ballads and the futuristic sounds of rock 'n' roll... right after they dropped Homework, you know. The gap between these two records is insane. I don't consider Homework a weak album, pretty much opposite to be clear, nor do I see Discovery as an ambitious ... read more