Gorillaz “Plastic Beach” Review
Monday, March 8th, 2010
If you have a thirst for animated fictional bands, get ready for your thirst to be quenched because the Gorillaz has finally released their third album and it’s called “Plastic Beach” and if I had to describe it in one word, I’d probably go for “first-class”.
If you enjoyed their “Demon Days” album you will not be disappointed. This album as far as I can tell right now is a lot less conceptual and more like their first album, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that this album is a breath of fresh air in these days of quite shockingly appalling music that is being spewed out of radios around the world.
The Gorillaz has evolved over the years from a strange cult status band into a mainstream phenomena that has musicians clawing each other’s eyes out to work with them. I don’t know what it is about Damon Albarn but whatever he touches turns into gold. That album he did called “Monkey: Journey To The West
” blew my mind with it’s damn awesomeness.
As far as the tracks go there are a load of great guests on them. We’ve got Snoop Dogg, Mos Def, Lou Reed and some Swedish / Japanese band called “Little Dragon” who I haven’t heard of previously but I’ve got a feeling they’re worth a bit of a listen.
If you’ve not bought it or heard it yet, I suggest you do so or you’ll be mocked by your friends and colleagues for being so 2009! (Which will only be a good thing in 20 or so years time)
If you have a thirst for animated fictional bands, get ready for your thirst to be quenched because the Gorillaz has finally released their third album and it’s called “Plastic Beach” and if I had to describe it in one word, I’d probably go for “first-class”.
If you enjoyed their “Demon Days” album you will not be disappointed. This album as far as I can tell right now is a lot less conceptual and more like their first album, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that this album is a breath of fresh air in these days of quite shockingly appalling music that is being spewed out of radios around the world.
The Gorillaz has evolved over the years from a strange cult status band into a mainstream phenomena that has musicians clawing each other’s eyes out to work with them. I don’t know what it is about Damon Albarn but whatever he touches turns into gold. That album he did called “Monkey: Journey To The West
As far as the tracks go there are a load of great guests on them. We’ve got Snoop Dogg, Mos Def, Lou Reed and some Swedish / Japanese band called “Little Dragon” who I haven’t heard of previously but I’ve got a feeling they’re worth a bit of a listen.
If you’ve not bought it or heard it yet, I suggest you do so or you’ll be mocked by your friends and colleagues for being so 2009! (Which will only be a good thing in 20 or so years time)
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