April 2024 saw the fortieth anniversary of The Blue Nile's first album, A Walk Across the Rooftops. Only four albums - containing a total of just 33 songs - have followed from the publicity-shy trio. Yet scarcity has served only to intensify love for the band's intensely confessional, melancholy, atmospheric songs that document city streets, headlights, cars, rooftops, rain and couples in love.The Blue Nile are truly one of modern music's greatest...