Gorillaz are a British virtual band created in 1998 by Damon Albarn of Britpop band Blur, and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. The band is composed of four animated band members: 2D (lead vocalist, keyboard), Murdoc Niccals (bass guitar), Noodle (lead guitar and occasional vocals) and Russel Hobbs (drums and percussion). The band's music is a collaboration between various musicians, Albarn being the only permanent musical contributor. Their style is a composition of multiple musical genres, with a large number of their influences including: dub, hip hop, alternative rock, electronic and pop music.
Now after the summarized introduction from Wikipedia, we kick off from here; since Damon Albarn has began Gorillaz and we have been introduced to a new concept of music, the concept of true creativity with the single human path of searching for the right ingredients in an attempt to form this world.
Plastic Beach which was released in March 3rd 2010 is our topic now, a 16 track album with a lot of two kinds of features… artists and alcohol mixed with drugs.
From tracks 1 through 7 I am completely shocked and asking myself three main questions,
1- Is this what I have been waiting for after all of the anticipation???
2- Why did this shit happen???
3- What have they been mixing with their drinks??? Just so I never try it.
Starting from track 8 (Glitter Freeze Ft. Mark E. Smith) they were back into right tune, all the way to 11 (Broken) then back to bullshit land, tracks 13 (Plastic Beach Ft. Mick Jones & Paul Simon) and 14 (To Binge Ft. Little Dragon) were the attempt to pay me back my 14 USD… but 14, 15 and 16 took them back .
In Conclusion, there are no hits are expected out of this (thing)… back to the old albums until they produce something either strange or new, at least it has to be eligible to listen to, not a clumsy collection of ringtones.
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