The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows: Vinyl LP Hayden Thorpe but always

but always

and a whole host of others

and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Multi-platinum selling

before recording the Fat EP (1981) and the Milo Goes to College LP (1982)

The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows: Vinyl LP Hayden Thorpe but alwaysThe Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows was originally intended as an orchestral piece inspired by the landscapes of Iceland. This last year has seen Albarn return to the music in lockdown and develop the work to 11 tracks which further explore themes of fragility, loss, emergence and rebirth. The result is a panoramic collection of songs with Albarn as storyteller. The album title is taken from a John Clare poem Love and Memory. Albarn