The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows Damon Albarn

• 1 The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows 05:00
• 2 The Cormorant 04:21
• 3 Royal Morning Blue 03:12
• 4 Combustion 02:53
• 5 Daft Wader 03:28
• 6 Darkness To Light 02:59
• 7 Esja 03:41
• 8 The Tower Of Montevideo 04:19
• 9 Giraffe Trumpet Sea 01:51
• 10 Polaris 04:45
• 11 Particles 03:20
• Total Runtime 39:49

Info for The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows

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 and Memory.

Albarn says “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.”

In a career of perpetual musical shifts and exploration, the record uncovers yet more ground, finding expansive orchestral arrangements nestling with intimate melodies, discordance brushing up against infectious majesty, all set to some of Albarn’s most arresting vocal performances to date.

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