The Magic Whip

Rolling Stone - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[Blur] has made its first new album in 16 years, one as quixotic and seductive in its modern searching and subversive pop highs as those Nineties winners." Spin - "[A]n intriguing statement of contemporary anxiety that often feels far more connected to OK COMPUTER and HAIL TO THEIF than it does PARKLIFE and 13." Spin - "The triumph, though, is that despite being a piece with Blur's best work, this ain't a retread." Magnet - "Blur's most consistently great album in almost 20 years....It's a joy to hear Graham Coxon -- undisputedly the best guitarist of his generation -- make a glorious racket once more." Billboard - 4 stars out of 5 -- "THE MAGIC WHIP is a fascinating snapshot of a group coming to personal and professional crossroads in a strange city where modern living leads to bewilderment and alienation -- subjects Albarn has explored in his many side projects." NME (Magazine) - "[W]hat slowly strikes you about Blur's long-awaited eighth album, is how reassuringly Blur it feels; advancing the formula but warmly accessible....Clearly the old chemistry came easy." Pitchfork (Website) - "Blur's always been puckish in spirit, its greatest gift the identification and gleeful subversion of listener expectations..."