Albarn, Damon - The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows Back in Black (Remastered)

Albarn, Damon - The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows Back in Black (Remastered)Vinyl LP pressing. The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows was originally intended as an orchestral piece inspired by the landscapes of Iceland. This last year has seen Albarn return to the music in lockdown and develop the work to 11 tracks which further explore themes of fragility, loss, emergence and rebirth. The result is a panoramic collection of songs with Albarn as storyteller. The album title is taken from a John Clare poem Love

have seen them steadily rise to become one of the most championed bands of the current era

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bass player Peter Hook

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while musically the band have become more dynamic and fierce

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Recorded with a single microphone by Elektra founder Jac Holzman over two nights in a converted Manhattan church in late 1955

I realized that anything is possible given time and space to do it

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