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Blur share new track "There Are Too Many Of Us"

20 March 2015, 07:57 | Written by Laurence Day

UPDATE: It now also has a jury-rigged video to go with it.

Blur have unveiled an enormous new track called "There Are Too Many Of Us" ahead of their secret show tonight (20 March).

Exploring Bowie-esque themes and sounds, the Britpop outfit explore the consequences of overpopulation via a sci-fi war march.

The Magic Whip is out 27 April on Parlophone. You can find out more about their first LP in 16 years as a quartet here.

The lead single, "Go Out", can be heard here. A new single is due to be premiered on BBC 6 Music on Monday (23 March) morning.

The band will headline Hyde Park this June.

You can check out "There Are Too Many Of Us" via Spotify here, or purchase it on iTunes here.

Tracklist:

1. Lonesome Street
2. New World Towers
3. Go Out
4. Ice Cream Man
5. Thought I Was A Spaceman
6. I Broadcast
7. My Terracotta Heart
8. There Are Too Many Of Us
9. Ghost Ship
10. Pyongyang
11. Ong Ong
12. Mirrorball

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