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First up: a Blur cover story from May 1994, in honour of the legendary band announcing their first album in eight years, The Ballad of Darren. You don't wanna miss this...
Culture
Words: Craig McLean
Blur appeared on the cover of THE FACE three times: the May 1994, September 1995 and February 1999 issues. With such a history with the magazine, combined with this fresh blast of Blur-mania, they’re the perfect focus for the launch of our new, subscribers-only archive newsletter.
This will be a periodic, discerning, carefully curated dip into our legendary back catalogue, presenting digitally for the first time classic interviews, covers and layouts. In this inaugural edition, enjoy those Blur covers, featuring photography by Peter Robathan, Andrea Giacobbe and Nicolas Hidiroglou and, in full, the brilliant text of Cliff Jones’ May 1994 story, originally published in the month that Blur released their game-changing third album, Parklife. In Cliff’s in-depth interview there are spilled pints, love-bites and ruminations on the lasting influence of The Smiths.
Subscribe now to hear a 26-year-old Damon also weighing in on the state of music and the state of the nation; explaining his creative debt to London Fields by Martin Amis (RIP); and having some (Brit)pops at peers such as Brett Anderson and Bobby Gillespie. Cliff’s epic feature is an incisive portrait of the artist as a young man, just before his life went off like a rocket. Go on, you know you want to…
