DAMON ALBARN - The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows LP doom Songwriter Dan Hyndman explains the

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

drums and guitar tone - everything sounds like a lost 1982 recording out of Gothenburg

with someone or self

Zach Goldstein (Kawari Sound)

DAMON ALBARN - The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows LP doom Songwriter Dan Hyndman explains theIn 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