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these carefully restored live albums will comprise the entirety of each show in the format of a story with a beginning

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she realized that her habitual need for control was sealing her out of her art

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The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows: Vinyl LP IDLES colourful and eclectic like aThe 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