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by **Caitlin** » Mon May 07, 2012 8:35 am

A treat for Blur fans on tonight's @BBCFrontRow - Damon Albarn plays sneak preview of new song 'Under The Westway' bbc.in/IRtCE5

by **beatfloh** » Mon May 07, 2012 8:44 am

Caitlin wrote:
A treat for Blur fans on tonight's @BBCFrontRow - Damon Albarn plays sneak preview of new song 'Under The Westway' bbc.in/IRtCE5

thanks for the reminder

by **BongToffee** » Mon May 07, 2012 8:45 am

Can someone please record if possible will be very grateful

by **Caitlin** » Mon May 07, 2012 8:47 am

BongToffee wrote:Can someone please record if possible will be very grateful

2J, 2J, paging Dr 2J!

by **damon4president** » Mon May 07, 2012 9:33 am

He's on at 7.15, they're interviewing him in his studio, should be good

by **mishmosher** » Mon May 07, 2012 1:18 pm

thanks for the heads-up!

by **JackS** » Mon May 07, 2012 2:34 pm

By 'sneak preview' I'm definitely thinking about 5 seconds of music. Or a single piano chord.

by **damon4president** » Mon May 07, 2012 2:40 pm

^I reckon Damon will sing the intro; presuming the song's arrangement hasn't changed since Warchild, the intro is just Damon and a piano, so I think he could do that short snippet without giving too much away...

by **daysleeper** » Mon May 07, 2012 6:18 pm

Just started working on a new solo album apparently!

by **beatfloh** » Mon May 07, 2012 6:23 pm

he's so funny

by **saltandgin** » Mon May 07, 2012 6:45 pm

70's Russian snyths? I bet they sound mental.

by **2-J** » Mon May 07, 2012 6:54 pm

On youtube, just the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkkeu8FwBzo

Damon played it on his piano (or, part of it, as he says)

by **Villa_Rosie** » Mon May 07, 2012 7:28 pm

I'm starting to really love the piano and melody lines of the song, but I sometimes wish Damon would sing in a lower register. His speaking voice has become so dark and mature like, I think UTW would sound great with a more soft and mellow vocal

by **RuthieStar** » Mon May 07, 2012 7:54 pm

It was a nice little interview, he seemed in good spirits throughout. I loved all the little bits of music that he kept playing on different instruments. The way that he just launched into 'Melancholy Hill,' and UTW was great. I tend to agree with Villa Rosie about him singing at a lower octave, his speaking voice is so low and mellow and it seems rather unlikely that he should be singing so high! But then, I watch interviews from years ago and he has always had a deep speaking voice really. I'm sure that the high vocals sound fine when recorded, it's just live when it seems a bit of a struggle for him to reach the notes sometimes. They did say that the interview was first thing in the morning as well, and I guess that doesn't help either.

Fab little bonus Graham bits too! They made me smile, especially when he said that he imagined Damon listening to a bit of his solo stuff and being like 'enough, Coxon!' :lol:

by **davidsutter** » Mon May 07, 2012 7:57 pm

This show sounds amazing, is there a place where I'll be able to listen to all of it?

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