Oh, Manchester, So Much To Answer For

I'm not quite sure what to make of blur's "don't bomb when you're the bomb," which they released as a de facto white label (7", no less) in the u.k. last week. it sounds utterly nothing like any blur you've ever heard; it's more a dub track with some squonky-farty keyb progressions and a casio handclap beat laid over it than anything else. damon, sounding heavily medicated, drifts through the mix ocassionally, singing the title (the song's only lyrics). it's certainly not a radiohead-type move, and doesn't have enough words to be a real protest song. "don't bomb" just kind of sits there, staring at you, daring you to say something. you're left wondering what the point of it is.