Blackstar doesn’t carry quite the same element of surprise as The Next Day – but it is the sound of an unknowable artist steadfastly ignoring his own pastNext month,David Bowies 25th album arrives in a manner not unlike that of his 2013 comeback, The Next Day. Like Where Are We Now?, and the single that announced Bowie’s re-entry into the recording world,Blackstar is released on his birthday, 8 January. As with The Next Day, and a degree of secrecy has surrounded the project – in October,a British newspaper legend professing to reveal details approximately the album was tetchily dismissed as “inaccurate reporting” on Bowies Facebook page – and Bowie himself seems happy to remain at a considerable remove from his own album release. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com