‘Royal Morning Blue’ is the fourth track released by the English musician ahead of his forthcoming solo album, The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows.
Damon Albarn has shared ‘Royal Morning Blue’, a melancholic tune inspired by the view from the musician’s piano which overlooks the sea.
The new single is meant capture the wonder of rain turning into snow before one’s eyes.
Albarn says,
βThatβs why the song opens with βRain turning into snow,β because itβs that moment, that feeling. In all the darkness that we have experienced, that was such a beautiful, positive thing.β
It is the latest single from his forthcoming solo album The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows.
The LP is scheduled to drop on November 12, 2021 via Transgressive Records.
A special cinematic performance of the song has also been shared on YouTube as part of a series entitled βSublime Boulevards – Performance Filmsβ.
In addition, a limited edition CD is available to pre-order starting from today. The CD will include a 20-minute-long piece titled ‘HuldufΓ³lk’ written by Albarn and The Sugarcubes’ Einar Γrn Benediktsson.
The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows is Albarn’s second solo album, following 2014’s Everyday Robots. Recorded in Iceland under lockdown, the album was originally intended to be an orchestral project inspired by the country’s vast landscape.
The result is a collection of 11 songs that deal with βfragility, loss, evolution, and rebirthβ.
Albarn recently performed a special one-off show at The Globe earlier this week, which was broadcast live to fans all over the world.
The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows Tracklist:
- The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows
- The Cormorant
- Royal Morning Blue
- Combustion
- Daft Wader
- Darkness To Light
- Esja
- The Tower Of Montevideo
- Giraffe Trumpet Sea
- Polaris
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Particles
Photo credit: Linda Brownlee
