Blur were the first band I ever saw live, at 12 years old I went to see them at the height of the Britpop frenzy, two months after the release of The Great Escape and so they have, and always will, remain a huge part of my youth.

There are very few British people in their twenties, or even thirties, that could deny that Blur helped define a pivotal moment in modern music. Their recent mammoth shows, after a 9 year hiatus, were a testament to the love and support that still remains for them. Hearing the opening for Song 2 at the beginning of the trailer takes you straight back to remembering a period in music that was incredibly exciting and dramatic.

As they have stated there are no immediate plans for the future this documentary could be their final hurrah. I’ve heard on the grapevine that the interviews are as candid as you’d hope and the film covers all the highs and the lows, from Graham’s shock departure in 2002 to the recent reunion. The four members of the band have always been intriguing and their post-blur careers very varied, from James’ cheese making antics, Dave’s foray into politics and Damon’s enormous success with Gorillaz, The Good, the Bad & the Queen etc.

This looks to be a documentary not only about this particular band and their personal history, but about what happens when you achieve enormous success with your friends and the fallout when that goes wrong. Having rarely spoken on screen about their journey before this looks to be a film that will see huge success when it goes on wide release early next year. No Distance Left To Run opens in theatres worldwide January 19th 2010.

Filmed throughout the band’s 2009 rehearsals and acclaimed summer tour, No Distance Left To Run finds all four members of blur together for the first time in nine years. With previously unseen archive material alongside new interviews and reportage, the film recounts the highs and lows of a very British band from the late 80’s to their headline return at Glastonbury and Hyde Park. The result is a musing on Englishness and identity and a portrait of friendship and resolution.

Directed by 32 (Dylan Southern & Will Lovelace), a Pulse Films production.