The world's most acclaimed cartoon band unleashed its fab furry foursome of 2-D, Murdoc, Noodle, and Russel (with some assistance from musical polymath Damon Albarn and animator Jamie Hewlett) way back in 1998. Its hard to find groups with as much potential as Gorillaz these days, and they definitely did not meet expectations with this effort.The music world has seen all manner of innovations and quirky characters in the new millennium, but two decades into their illustrious career, there is still no one quite like Gorillaz. but just not as much as I was hoping I would. There are some GREAT tracks, I will admit: Rhinestone Eyes, Superfast Jellyfish, Some Kind of Nature and On Melancholy Hill which may actually be Gorillaz best song to date, in my opinion, but the surroundings are so mundane and uneventful that the album really just comes across as half-baked.
If Plastic Beach took the group in a different direction, I wouldnt make that comparison, but unfortunately I dont really see Gorillaz trying anything new here. Demon Days set the bar really high, but I dont see why this album couldnt meet it or exceed it. By the way, anyone else hear "Intruder" by Van Halen when listening to "Stylo" from this album?Īfter a very, very good album in "Demon Days," a 5-year wait and a slow, epic orchestral introduction to Plastic Beach, we are left with. Maybe Tool, Social Distortion, Boston, System Of A Down, ZZ Top, and Van Halen will make another album before were all too old to care anymore. Maybe Ill get to hear another album from Gorillaz someday many years from now after all our kids have grown up. Maybe the spontaneous and quickly recorded songs of the classic 60s and 70s albums we hold dear is whats missing in todays music. Maybe they just spent too long making it and got burned out. I gotta wonder what these musicians are doing for all these years thats taking so long. Most of the time this doesnt happen for me. I suppose that in this day and age when it takes 5 years or longer for artists we like to make an album, we expect it to be earth shattering, colossal, and well worth the wait.
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