DAMON ALBARN - The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows LP doom This sophomore album is being

This sophomore album is being released for the first time on vinyl and remastered for CD and download

Zach Goldstein (Kawari Sound)

Tatsuya Nakatani

Songwriter Dan Hyndman explains the genesis of the band as being 'fairly boiler plate' a combination of friends old and new converging in Leeds post-uni to form a band predominantly united in their mutual affection for the Pavement back catalogue

but as the onslaught progresses the listener soon realizes they are being drawn into a desolate

DAMON ALBARN - The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows LP doom This sophomore album is beingIn the midst of a global pandemic, Damon Albarn imagines himself adrift, yearning for the Icelandic shore. Water is a recurring motif, as are the invisible particles all around us; both come in waves, both belong to all of us. Tactile, earthly imagery (sand, oak, birds) shares space with the cosmic, just as the acoustic instruments (guitar, organ, horns) are balanced with the electronic. The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows is in a way