nice update of 'Time Becomes' by Orbital on 'The Speak It Mountains' mind.
i wonder did he have to pay for that sample of Glen Campbell's Wichita Lineman that pops up suddenly?!
― piscesx, Monday, 27 December 2010 15:06 (thirteen years ago) link
if for nothing else, this gorillaz project is worthwhile for inspiring the term "wanky waffle."
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 27 December 2010 15:07 (thirteen years ago) link
really how is this anything other than another 'DemoCrazy' style Damon solo album?
is it really pretending to be much other than that, though? it's a free stream posted online for fans. sure, most of the tunes are slight sketches, but i enjoy 'em as such.
anyway i agree that "Revolving Doors" is the best thing here. also liked one of the slower numbers toward the end -- "Amarillo" i think?
― swvl, Monday, 27 December 2010 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link
mm well i mean it's no big deal or owt but it's advertised all over the world and such as a Gorillaz album, which is only available to get a copy of if you've registered as a paid up member of the Gorillaz fan club. so yeah it's meant to be a Gorillaz album free stream or otherwise.
i just think he sounds knackered. there's some great bits here and there, but he's basically turned into Mccartney circa 78.
― piscesx, Monday, 27 December 2010 16:55 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, that's fair enough. i have a fondness for mid-period mccartney the stoned noodler too, so that may explain why i don't mind this :)
― swvl, Monday, 27 December 2010 17:04 (thirteen years ago) link
but really how is this anything other than another 'DemoCrazy' style Damon solo album?
in the Australian radio interview/acoustic session where he confirmed the album and announced the title, he specifically said it's another DemoCrazy made on hi-tech instead of low-tech, and with other people joining in
― Stay J0rdan Fresh (sic), Monday, 27 December 2010 23:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Enjoying The Fall far more than Plastic Beach.
― goldenarsehat.jpg (Schlafsack), Friday, 14 January 2011 01:59 (thirteen years ago) link
well they're a much better band
hereallweek.wav
― legerndrymayne (acoleuthic), Friday, 14 January 2011 06:17 (thirteen years ago) link
oops i posted on the wrong thread
plastic beach is so good! i need the biggest late pass ever
gonna go get stoned and listen to rhinestone eyes x10
― the most astonishing writer on ilx (roxymuzak), Friday, 24 August 2012 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
Otm
― Mordy, Friday, 24 August 2012 20:50 (eleven years ago) link
yeah damn this is really good, i never paid that much attn to the gorillaz
― Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 24 August 2012 20:58 (eleven years ago) link
rhinestone eyes is so brilliant. is it a send-up of/tribute to vacant-sounding club tracks from the early 80s? lyrically too. those few and far between times when he actually sings for a few notes in between the talky bits are really thrilling.
probably listened to it 20 times today. my mom is right, i need to start paying attn to what's going on in the world
― the most astonishing writer on ilx (roxymuzak), Friday, 24 August 2012 22:00 (eleven years ago) link
literally can't stop myself from dancing at the bus stop when empire ants goes big
― (♥___♥) (roxymuzak), Friday, 26 October 2012 04:25 (eleven years ago) link
Remember when Damon Albarn hired half of The Clash for his touring band and gave them precisely nothing to do? That was pretty funny.
― Everything You Like Sucks, Friday, 26 October 2012 05:06 (eleven years ago) link
Lol! he just likes to hang out with people sometimes I think.
― (♥___♥) (roxymuzak), Friday, 26 October 2012 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
when I saw them on snl with that lineup I remember thinking that they were doing exactly nothing. "hired for touring band" is a little disingenuous tho cause they did play/sing/write on the album right?
― (♥___♥) (roxymuzak), Friday, 26 October 2012 14:53 (eleven years ago) link
Well, it's pretty much "let's tour with some interesting people in the band" for Damon's amusement, yeah?
So, has Jaime's involvement dwindled since the days of Noodle etc?
― Mark G, Friday, 26 October 2012 14:55 (eleven years ago) link
def
― (♥___♥) (roxymuzak), Friday, 26 October 2012 14:57 (eleven years ago) link
.. and they are back ..
here is the basic non-3d, censored version of the new track.(the 3d version on youtube is a bit naughty)
fact is i hated the recent quick release track a few weeks ago, but i am loving this.
also, looks like the record label (is it still EMI as i have lost track?) have actually invested this time in the visuals.
despite myself, i really like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qJp6xlKEug
― mark e, Thursday, 23 March 2017 20:46 (seven years ago) link
BTW : tried to start a new thread re this so many times but ILX errored no matter what i tried !
so did not expect this post to go live ..
but hey.
― mark e, Thursday, 23 March 2017 20:47 (seven years ago) link
ooh .. and remember how 'plastic beach' was all about the excess of packaging shyte, well :
"The Super Deluxe Vinyl Box Set of the new Gorillaz album Humanz is presented across 14 individual pieces of different coloured 12”� vinyl, packaged in individually art-worked sleeves. Each piece of vinyl features an album track, backed with an exclusive alternative version.
The box also includes a 54-page, cloth-bound, foil-blocked, hardback book featuring exclusive Gorillaz artwork by Jamie Hewlett plus a download card, all housed in a bespoke 12”� vinyl case."
― mark e, Thursday, 23 March 2017 20:54 (seven years ago) link
amazing
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Thursday, 23 March 2017 20:57 (seven years ago) link
jfc
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 23 March 2017 20:58 (seven years ago) link
destroy all bespokesters
― Balðy Daudrs (contenderizer), Thursday, 23 March 2017 20:59 (seven years ago) link
still, i really want the book.
bastards.
― mark e, Thursday, 23 March 2017 21:00 (seven years ago) link
at least they're making an effort of trying to pretend it's an ongoing multimedia project with the book? that's kind of the original pitch
― mh 😏, Thursday, 23 March 2017 21:11 (seven years ago) link
no idea re the vinyl excess groove as described as that detail was provided from someone within.
clearly not part of the usual packages available.
also, seriously not happy that the nu-era murdoc = liam
― mark e, Thursday, 23 March 2017 21:22 (seven years ago) link
no idea re size :
https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/8212065/17492331_10155193725362996_8893933597962460000_o.jpg
― mark e, Thursday, 23 March 2017 21:29 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W44NWYwa1g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSivlaSVk1k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBA0PUQCvIA
― yesca, Saturday, 25 March 2017 12:36 (seven years ago) link
is this the all-purpose Gorillaz thread? i like all these new ones, although it's a shame Jehnny Beth is buried in the mix on We Got The Power. 'Saturnz..' is tasty.
― piscesx, Friday, 31 March 2017 10:13 (seven years ago) link
It's amazing to think that Damon has been doing Gorillaz for nearly 20 years now.
― The Roger Waters Experience (Turrican), Friday, 31 March 2017 18:51 (seven years ago) link
Sadly, it is probably his best non-Blur project. It's been all a bit of a waste really
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Friday, 31 March 2017 18:53 (seven years ago) link
Actually, the three or four keepers from The Good The Bad And The Queen probably surpass Gorillaz's highlights
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Friday, 31 March 2017 18:54 (seven years ago) link
Slim pickings though
Yeah, I didn't rate his solo album at all, and I think I've listened to The Good, The Bad & The Queen roughly a handful of times but I keep reaching the same conclusion every time with it, and that's that it's a bit of a drab record.
― The Roger Waters Experience (Turrican), Friday, 31 March 2017 18:56 (seven years ago) link
I fucking love the title track, though! I always wish it could go on for a little longer.
― The Roger Waters Experience (Turrican), Friday, 31 March 2017 18:57 (seven years ago) link
Yeah that and Herculean are lovely
― an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago), Friday, 31 March 2017 19:01 (seven years ago) link
this is... not great
― Mordy, Thursday, 27 April 2017 15:43 (seven years ago) link
i didn't like Plastic Beach much st the time but listening back i was pleasantly surprised, especially compared to the new stuff i've heard so far.
when was the last classic or even decent Albarn-affiliated album? last Blur sucked, solo album was pretty forgettable.
― piscesx, Thursday, 27 April 2017 16:03 (seven years ago) link
i liked plastic beach & think tank
― Mordy, Thursday, 27 April 2017 16:05 (seven years ago) link
i actually think i preferred D-sides to Plastic Beach.as for this .. too guest heavy for me.i have never been one for guest heavy albums.
― mark e, Thursday, 27 April 2017 17:17 (seven years ago) link
Strobelite's a tuuuune.
― piscesx, Thursday, 27 April 2017 22:02 (seven years ago) link
Listening to Humanz again now and it's not like its without its highlights or anything, but I can't shake the feeling that Albarn fell off after Demon Days (his last true masterpiece) and never really got it back.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Thursday, 13 July 2017 17:43 (six years ago) link
a friend gave me a vinyl copy and it's... ok. sex murder party is really bad though.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 13 July 2017 17:47 (six years ago) link
Both this and Plastic Beach suffer from too many guests - particularly the former, which seems like an exercise in "look at who I'm working with" from front to back.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Thursday, 13 July 2017 17:51 (six years ago) link
wasn't that always the gimmick w gorillaz? (full disclosure I have never actually listened to a gorillaz album before this one)
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 13 July 2017 17:53 (six years ago) link
new track, "sleeping powder", is better than anything on humanz.
the album is just too busy trying to impress with the guest list.
i watched a chunk of the demon dayz festival thing last night, and the damon fronted tracks were absolutely fantastic, thus making me realise what it is re humanz that i dont really like.
― mark e, Thursday, 13 July 2017 18:03 (six years ago) link
Yeah, but Albarn was always the boss of the project and it was his identity that was most dominant on Gorillaz and Demon Days, no matter who he was collaborating with - on Humanz, bar a couple of tracks, Albarn sounds like a guest on his own record.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Thursday, 13 July 2017 18:05 (six years ago) link
(xpost)
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Thursday, 13 July 2017 18:06 (six years ago) link
exactly.
x-x-post.
also, the earlier albums had a lovely fat warm live band sound (albeit produced to a high standard).a lot of the production on humanz = laptop/thin sounding.yes, there are the modern sonic bass sounds to give it the impression of depth, but it still sounds thin to me.
― mark e, Thursday, 13 July 2017 18:14 (six years ago) link