10 Incredible Blur Songs You’ve Probably Never Heard
2. Fool’s Day
The lyrics to Fools Day find Damon Albarn having breakfast and dropping the kids off at school. There’s no pretence that this is still the decadent, hell-raising Blur of the 1990s.
It’s hard not to suspect that the lyrics were tossed off on the way to the studio. Fool’s Day was the first recording by the band in years and saw the return of Graham Coxon, so perhaps they were trying to minimise expectations and keep things deliberately low key.
Only 1000 copies were pressed for this record store day exclusive and while it was also made available for free download at the bands website this release will have passed many by entirely.
There’s no chorus to speak of but this catchy, chugging groove ends on a sublime Coxon riff that shows how much better off Blur are with him back onboard.
Ultimately this track proves that songs Blur throw together are better than most bands carefully crafted masterpieces.