From the stellar line up of songs, the astonishing feature list, and the classic Gorlliaz flare, this album is just amazing.
Albarn brought this up in an interview with YouTube music critic Anthony Fantano: “That’s what I kind of wanted to escape from, I wanted to have a vehicle where I could just go wherever I wanted, so the idea of a season, and episodes kind of made sense.”Īs a huge Gorillaz fan, this album is the best early Christmas present I’ve ever received. Unlike other projects, “Song Machine” seems to avoid the typical album characteristics of sounding conceptually fluid, like Gorillaz’ 2010 album, “Plastic Beach.” The album is definitely written to be much more compartmentalized and segmented. This is just one of many examples that shows this album is like nothing I’ve ever heard before, features-wise. Elton John and 6LACK).” The combination of Elton John’s beautiful piano-playing and singing shouldn’t blend well with the heavily auto-tuned 6LACK, but somehow it does, and really well. A great example is “The Pink Phantom (feat. Albarn’s ability to mix and match these artists on any given song is what gives this album such great appeal. Similar to other projects, Gorillaz brought in many features to make up the songs on this LP, including Robert Smith, Beck, ScHoolboy Q, Elton John, Peter Hook, and so many more.
Not only did Gorillaz come through, but they brought us a set of songs that could be the best album of the year.
It’s their ninth studio album, and first full length LP since 2018’s “The Now Now.” After the release of several singles hinting at an album this summer, it was beginning to look like a full length album wasn’t part of the plan for Gorillaz. The British virtual band, and mind-child of musician Damon Albarn, Gorillaz releases “Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez” on October 17 th.
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