Blur's return to the live and stage, with new music in tow, has been warmly received and inevitably Damon Albarn finds himself in an elder statesman of indie role when it comes to his airing opinions on other artists in interviews. Sometimes it gets him into hot water, but in this new interview with Broken Record he comes across as optimistic about the current state of guitar music.
"It's so important really that bands exist," said Alabarn. "And I feel there's a bit more excitement about guitar music again at the moment. That can't be a bad thing because it got so sterile. For me really, the last great guitar band would have been Arctic Monkeys. I don't really know if there's anything as good as that since."
