Blur ‎– Popscene (1992) less than a year after the release of Leisure, Blur released an EP in March 1992 containing this piece. Less than a year later, it feels like listening to a different band: the guitars are sharper and the attitude shifts from shoegaze to punk rock (with an amazing horn section). It's the beginning of something, even if it's not quite clear what. And perhaps it came out too soon. Leisure had been a success, but this and the subsequent Modern Life is Rubbish would not be, plunging Blur into their worst period ever. But they were ahead of their time. The single was never re-released on any album, neither in Modern Life is Rubbish nor in the Best Of from the 00s because "if you didn't want it back then, you won't get it now." It was later included in the double Midlife in '09 #blur30