Damon Albarn has to be counted as one of the great songwriters in all of musicdom.  In Blur, Gorillaz, Rocket Juice & The Moon, wherever, Albarn has penned some of the best songs of this or any era.

To celebrate the closing of the impending London Summer Olympics, Blur will headline at Hyde Park, with New Order and The Specials, on August 12th.  Oh to be there.  Check out below the band’s in-studio version of Under the Westway, the first of two new songs written by Albarn and Blur especially for the Hyde Park celebration.  It’s a beauty that can stand with the best of Lennon & McCartney.  Gold medals all the way around.

“On a permanent basis I apologize, but I am going to sing
Hallelujah, sing it out loud, sing it to you”

No apologies necessary Damon.  Please, sing on.

The official lyrics can be found in the video below.