Damon Albarn has detailed his new album, The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows – out November 12 via Transgressive. Along with the announcement, Albarn has also shared the album’s title track. Check it out below and scroll down for the record’s cover artwork and tracklist.
The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows was originally conceived as an orchestral piece inspired by Icelandic landscapes. “I took some of these realtime, extreme elemental experiences [of Iceland] and then tried to develop more formal pop songs with that as my source,” Albarn told NME. “I wanted to see where that would take me. Sometimes it took me down to Uruguay and Montevideo. Other times I went to Iran, Iceland or Devon. With travel being curtailed, it was kind of nice to be able to make a record that put me strangely in those places for a moment or two.”
Damon Albarn’s previous solo album, Everyday Robots, came out in 2014.
The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows Cover Artwork:
The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows Tracklist:
1. The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows
2. The Cormorant
3. Royal Morning Blue
4. Combustion
5. Daft Wader
6. Darkness to Light
7. Esja
8. The Tower of Montevideo
9. Giraffe Trumpet Sea
10. Polaris
11. Particles