Every week in 2015 seemed to be the 20th anniversary of various cracking albums. It brought to light just how good a year in music 1995 was. Arguably the biggest music story of 1995 was of course the chart battle between Blur and Oasis in August. I pinned my colours to the Oasis mast back then, although deep down the 16 year old me knew that The Great Escape had some impressive songs on it.
20 years on and NME seem to be happy to openly debate the possibility of an Oasis reunion at any given opportunity or to fill a slow news day. What should draw bigger headlines is the fact Damon and co continue to pop their heads into the indie music scene every few years and drop a killer album into the mix without much fanfare.
Appearing from thin air earlier this year, The Magic Whip featured so many delightful pop moments it would be ridiculous to link to them all. Go Out and Lonesome Street would be a good place to start if you haven't already heard the full long player.
The outstanding highlight of the album and one of the singles of the year is an audio and visual delight. So, on the 19th day of this advent of indie music, my gift to you is the ridiculously happy sound of Blur - Ong Ong. Happy listening!
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