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Damon Albarn|The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows (Deluxe)

The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows (Deluxe)

Damon Albarn

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Damon Albarn conceived The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows -- his second solo album, arriving seven years after Everyday Robots -- as an orchestral ode to his adopted homeland of Iceland. Albarn's plans were scuppered by the COVID-19 pandemic, so he altered his approach, adapting and altering the material he wrote in Iceland in January 2020 with the aid of two longtime collaborators: Simon Tong, the guitarist in the Good, the Bad & the Queen, and Mike Smith, an auxiliary player in both Blur and Gorillaz. The Nearer the Fountain retains some of the airy atmosphere of an orchestral piece, yet it's untethered to the ground. As it floats in the slipstream, the album shifts its shape, sometime luxuriating in open spaces, sometimes snapping in focus thanks to a pronounced beat or shimmering wash of analog keyboards. The open sonic vistas owe a debt to Albarn's abiding love of Iceland, a devotion which manifests itself through aural ambience and lyrics where isolation intertwines environmental decay. As he often delivers his lines with little more than a slight murmur -- the title phrase, taken from a John Clare poem, recurs throughout the album -- the emphasis is on the music, not the words. Unhurried and stark without being austere, The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows seems suspended from time but not place: as misty and evocative as it is, the music is grounded in a specific location, which gives this elegiac, enveloping album an emotional weight.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

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1
The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows
00:05:00

D. Albarn, Composer, Producer - S. Tong, Composer - Damon Albarn, MainArtist - Stephen Sedgwick, MixingEngineer - Samuel Egglenton, Producer - A. De Ridder, Composer

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

2
The Cormorant
00:04:21

D. Albarn, Composer, Producer - S. Tong, Composer - Damon Albarn, MainArtist - Stephen Sedgwick, MixingEngineer - Samuel Egglenton, Producer

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

3
Royal Morning Blue
00:03:11

D. Albarn, Composer, Producer - S. Tong, Composer - Damon Albarn, MainArtist - Stephen Sedgwick, MixingEngineer - Samuel Egglenton, Producer

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

4
Combustion
00:02:52

D. Albarn, Composer, Producer - S. Tong, Composer - M. Smith, Composer - Damon Albarn, MainArtist - Stephen Sedgwick, MixingEngineer - Samuel Egglenton, Producer

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

5
Daft Wader
00:03:28

D. Albarn, Composer, Producer - S. Tong, Composer - Damon Albarn, MainArtist - Stephen Sedgwick, MixingEngineer - Samuel Egglenton, Producer

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

6
Darkness To Light
00:02:59

D. Albarn, Composer, Producer - S. Tong, Composer - Damon Albarn, MainArtist - Stephen Sedgwick, MixingEngineer - Samuel Egglenton, Producer

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

7
Esja
00:03:40

D. Albarn, Composer, Producer - S. Tong, Composer - Damon Albarn, MainArtist - Stephen Sedgwick, MixingEngineer - Samuel Egglenton, Producer - A. De Ridder, Composer

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

8
The Tower Of Montevideo
00:04:19

D. Albarn, Composer, Producer - S. Tong, Composer - M. Smith, Composer - Damon Albarn, MainArtist - Stephen Sedgwick, MixingEngineer - Samuel Egglenton, Producer

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

9
Giraffe Trumpet Sea
00:01:51

D. Albarn, Composer, Producer - Damon Albarn, MainArtist - Stephen Sedgwick, MixingEngineer - Samuel Egglenton, Producer

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

10
Polaris
00:04:44

D. Albarn, Composer, Producer - S. Tong, Composer - M. Smith, Composer - Damon Albarn, MainArtist - Stephen Sedgwick, MixingEngineer - Samuel Egglenton, Producer

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

11
Particles
00:03:20

D. Albarn, Composer, Producer - Damon Albarn, MainArtist - Stephen Sedgwick, MixingEngineer - Samuel Egglenton, Producer

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

DISC 2

1
The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows (Live At Union Chapel)
00:03:51

Damon Albarn, MainArtist

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2
The Cormorant (Live At Union Chapel)
00:02:49

Damon Albarn, MainArtist

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3
Royal Morning Blue (Live At Union Chapel)
00:03:49

Damon Albarn, MainArtist

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

4
Daft Wader (Live At Union Chapel)
00:02:54

Damon Albarn, MainArtist

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

5
Darkness To Light (Live At Union Chapel)
00:02:20

Damon Albarn, MainArtist

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

6
The Tower Of Montevideo (Live At Union Chapel)
00:04:04

Damon Albarn, MainArtist

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

7
Polaris (Live At Union Chapel)
00:03:58

Damon Albarn, MainArtist

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

8
Particles (Live At Union Chapel)
00:03:19

Damon Albarn, MainArtist

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9
Beetlebum (Live At Union Chapel)
00:04:11

Damon Albarn, MainArtist

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10
Under The Westway (Live At Union Chapel)
00:04:15

Damon Albarn, MainArtist

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11
Sweet Song (Live At Union Chapel)
00:04:08

Damon Albarn, MainArtist

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12
El Mañana (Live At Union Chapel)
00:03:57

Damon Albarn, MainArtist

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13
For Tomorrow (Live At Union Chapel)
00:05:54

Damon Albarn, MainArtist

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14
Tender (Live At Union Chapel)
00:03:56

Damon Albarn, MainArtist

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15
Girls & Boys (Live At Union Chapel)
00:04:33

Damon Albarn, MainArtist

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16
The Universal (Live At Union Chapel)
00:03:45

Damon Albarn, MainArtist

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DISC 3

1
The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows (Instrumentals)
00:05:11

Damon Albarn, MainArtist

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

2
The Cormorant (Instrumentals)
00:04:23

Damon Albarn, MainArtist

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

3
Royal Morning Blue (Instrumentals)
00:03:16

Damon Albarn, MainArtist

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

4
Daft Wader (Instrumentals)
00:03:29

Damon Albarn, MainArtist

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

5
Darkness To Light (Instrumentals)
00:03:10

Damon Albarn, MainArtist

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

6
The Tower Of Montevideo (Instrumentals)
00:04:21

Damon Albarn, MainArtist

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

7
Polaris (Instrumentals)
00:04:49

Damon Albarn, MainArtist

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

8
Particles (Instrumentals)
00:03:20

Damon Albarn, MainArtist

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

DISC 4

1
The Bollocked Man (Bonus Track)
00:03:46

Damon Albarn, MainArtist

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

2
Love & Memory (Recited by Damon Albarn) (Bonus Track)
00:03:44

Damon Albarn, MainArtist

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

3
Huldufólk (Bonus Track)
00:19:10

S. Tong, Composer - John Davis, MixingEngineer - Damon Albarn, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, BackgroundVocals - Stephen Sedgwick, MixingEngineer - Kaktus Einarsson, Trumpet - Samuel Egglenton, Conductor, Producer - Einar Orn, Composer, FeaturedArtist, BackgroundVocals - A. De Ridder, Composer

2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

Album review

Damon Albarn conceived The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows -- his second solo album, arriving seven years after Everyday Robots -- as an orchestral ode to his adopted homeland of Iceland. Albarn's plans were scuppered by the COVID-19 pandemic, so he altered his approach, adapting and altering the material he wrote in Iceland in January 2020 with the aid of two longtime collaborators: Simon Tong, the guitarist in the Good, the Bad & the Queen, and Mike Smith, an auxiliary player in both Blur and Gorillaz. The Nearer the Fountain retains some of the airy atmosphere of an orchestral piece, yet it's untethered to the ground. As it floats in the slipstream, the album shifts its shape, sometime luxuriating in open spaces, sometimes snapping in focus thanks to a pronounced beat or shimmering wash of analog keyboards. The open sonic vistas owe a debt to Albarn's abiding love of Iceland, a devotion which manifests itself through aural ambience and lyrics where isolation intertwines environmental decay. As he often delivers his lines with little more than a slight murmur -- the title phrase, taken from a John Clare poem, recurs throughout the album -- the emphasis is on the music, not the words. Unhurried and stark without being austere, The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows seems suspended from time but not place: as misty and evocative as it is, the music is grounded in a specific location, which gives this elegiac, enveloping album an emotional weight.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

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2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd 2022 13 under exclusive license to Transgressive Records Ltd

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