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David Rowntree Blur perform in Melbourne at Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday 28 July 2015. photo by Ros O'Gorman

David Rowntree Blur perform in Melbourne at Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday 28 July 2015. photo by Ros O'Gorman

Blur’s David Rowntree To Release Solo Album

by Music-News.com on November 19, 2021

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Blur’s Dave Rowntree has signed to an indie label for his debut album.

Rowntree has inked a deal with Cooking Vinyl for his first solo record, which is due out in 2022.

David said in a statement: “As a kid I used to spend hours spinning the dial on my radio, dreaming of escape to all the places whose exotic stations I heard.

“I’ve tried to make an album like that – tuning through the spectrum, stopping at each song telling a story about a turning point in my life, then spinning the dial and moving on. I’m very excited to be releasing the album on Cooking Vinyl next year.”

Cooking Vinyl’s managing director Rob Collins said: “Dave’s album blew me away and there wasn’t anything going to stop me releasing it. He’s a very talented drummer!”

Dave’s album news comes after Blur’s frontman, Damon Albarn – who just dropped his second solo record, ‘The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows’ – teased that he’s set to start discussing a reunion with his bandmates.

Asked if Blur is finished, he insisted: “Not at all.”

Damon, 53, continued: “I am just about to have a conversation with people about Blur and I would love to sing all those songs again. I miss the songs. I miss playing with Blur.”

In August, lead guitarist Graham Coxon insisted he’d be up for reuniting with the group when the time is right.

He said: “That’s always been the thing with Blur – they’ll do it when they really need to and not for any other reason. It doesn’t really seem genuine to just get back together and just do gigs for a bit of spondage. We need to have some sort of focus for how we would work.”

Blur haven’t toured together since their 2015 run in support of their comeback LP, ‘The Magic Whip’, though Damon reunited with Dave, Graham and bassist Alex James at his Africa Express show in his hometown of Leytonstone in 2019.

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