Blur and Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn finally goes solo despite being the driving force behind Blur's final album and the entirety of Gorillaz's discography. An album that, surprising has very little to do with his previous outputs but fans are bound to find something to like.
Taking a more subdued, quieter, atmospheric sound, the album is has a lot of decent moments sprinkled throughout. Whether it's the opening title track with satisfying string sampling, Hollow Ponds' inclusion of sombre horns or Lonely Press Play which strips back and reincarnates Melancholy Hill into a tragic ballad; fans of Albarn's less Britpop centric work will probably find something worthwhile on the album.
Others however will notice there are plenty of better Trip-Hop album's out there and whilst Albarn's lyrics and vocals are consistent with his previous releases (albeit quieter), there a tad heavy handed and generic as the same themes of alienation and technophobia reemerge but offer nothing but the same view-point again and again.
A decent debut album but the man has done better himself in his various projects and unfortunately, most tragic of all; his contemporaries have done better too.
7/10
H
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