The Blue Nile: River Of No Return
Graeme Thomson, Uncut, January 2013
Over 20 long years, the Blue Nile made four albums of uncanny beauty and emotional heft. Behind the pristine veneer, however, lay another story: of indecision, animosity and "stuff happening that's beyond the pale". Following Paul Buchanan's triumphant solo comeback, we take a nostalgic walk across the Glasgow rooftops with all three estranged bandmates: "It was fucking tough. It was life and death to us."
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