Drummer Dave Rowntree talks about Blur's new album and how it very nearly didn't happen.
Blur (L-to-R: Dave Rowntree, Alex James, Graham Coxon and Damon Albarn). Photo: Linda Brownlee
Quintessentially British band Blur are back with The Magic Whip, the quartet's first album since 2003's Think Tank, their first with guitarist Graham Coxon since he was booted out in 1999, and the first with producer Stephen Street since 1997's Blur.
It's also a record that very nearly didn't happen, the result of some downtime in Hong Kong which saw the band bang out 15 skeleton tracks in quick succession.
Drummer Dave Rowntree who is also a pilot, solicitor and political activist, talks to Music 101's Sam Wicks about the unexpected return of the original Britpop multi-taskers 12 years after their last album.