Kevin Bronson on February 19th, 2015

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Twelve years since their last album and 16 years since their last in their original lineup, British rockers Blur announced today that they would release “The Magic Whip” on April 28. The spark for the new songs was ignited in 2013 when the band — Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree — went into a Hong Kong studio during a break in touring. Coxon and producer Stephen Street (who worked on “Parklife,” “Modern Life Is Rubbish,” “The Great Escape” and “Blur”) revisited the tracks last year, with Albarn then adding lyrics. They make it sound easy on “Go Out,” an immediately likable rocker mixing Coxon’s dirty guitar with Albarn’s stuttering “o” in “local” punching up the chorus. Meanwhile, Tony Hung’s video takes to the kitchen.

||| Stream: “Go Out”