Blur "The Ballads Of Darren" 2026-02-13 JFA's first album in 13

JFA's first album in 13 years

stream-of-conscious pacing and vibrant imagery

Originally titled Long Way to Happy

Elfman once again has achieved a kind of artistic liberation on the record that had been eluding him for decades

Waiting to deliver it all to you has been excruciating

Blur "The Ballads Of Darren" 2026-02-13 JFA's first album in 13Since announcing their arrival with debut album in 1991, Blur went on to revolutionise the sound of English popular music with six successive UK #1 albums and a string of Top 10 singles, including two No 1s, helping to propel the band to mass popularity at home and abroad. One of the biggest British bands of the last three decades, Blur have released eight studio albums and collected ten NME Awards, six Q Awards, five BRIT Awards and an Ivor Novello