Blur will release their new album, “The Ballad of Darren” in July

British pop-rock group blur will release a new album on July 21 The Ballad of Darrenhis ninth work and the first after 2015, whose first single he shared on the Internet, Narcissus. Along with this topic, the legends of britpopwho met as teenagers in the English city of Colchester, and today are between 54 and 59 years old, are bringing back their youthful rhythms and melodies, but with a more mature tone.

The band will debut this ten-track album, for the Parlophone label, with the first show this Friday in Colchester, followed by other dates this summer in the UK and several European countries, including Spain. On July 8 and 9, the group will hold a big recital at London’s Wembley Stadium, after which they will continue their tour of the rest of the world, with a concert in Colombia in November.

This album, the first of A magic whip In 2015, it was produced by James Ford (Arctic Monkeys and Foals, among others) and recorded at Studio 13 in London and in the English county of Devon. The band members – Damon Albarn, Alex James, Graham Coxon and Dave Rowntree – described the album as a reflection of where they are now in their lives, after several years of developing their own musical and personal projects.