The new Gorillaz album leaked.

lol nm. Non album single

next stage app. is a new album all done on US tour and written/made on damons ipad.

already dreading the advertising campaign.

the team up with the times was an indicator that things were going off the rails - not to mention the sheer crapness of the website these days.

So am I the only person who liked this? Maybe unduly influenced by the cute singer, but still.

Definitely not the cheapest video, at least it's not this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5ExhHxXuDU

i would suggest that the snoop video is not really a video per se, as welcome .. was not released as a single.
that video is used for the live tour visuals as snoop cant tour with the band, so they project this while the live band play along.

Cheap video is a minor problem compared to the fact that bits of it sound like "Dancing in the Moonlight"

from that Magic For Your Ears website and http://thefall.gorillaz.com/

http://thefall.gorillaz.com/img/the_fall.jpg

This is the new Gorillaz album created by Damon Albarn on his iPad as he toured the U.S. It will be released for free on Christmas Day.

In an interview on Australia’s Triple J radio, Damon Albarn confirmed that the forthcoming Gorillaz iPad album is called The Fall and is indeed due out for free on Christmas Day. (Via Some Kind of Awesome.) The record was recorded while Albarn was on tour in America in October, hence the autumnal title. And while a few non-iPad sounds were added to the LP, the bulk of it was indeed made using Apple’s famed slab computer.

Tracklist:

01. Phoner To Arizona
Recorded in Montreal on 3rd October
02. Revolving Doors
Recorded in Boston on 5th October
03. HillBilly Man
Recorded in New Jersey and Virginia on 10th and 11th October
Additional Guitar: Mick Jones
04. Detroit
Recorded in Detroit on 13th October
05. Shy-town
Recorded in Chicago on 15th October
06. Little Pink Plastic Bags
Recorded in Chicago on 16th October
Additional Keyboards: Jesse Hackett
07. The Joplin Spider
Recorded in Joplin on 18th October
Additional conversations with: Darren ‘Smoggy’ Evans
08. The Parish of Space Dust
Recorded in Houston on 19th October
09. The Snake In Dallas
Recorded in Dallas on 20th October
10. Amarillo
Recorded in Amarillo on 23rd October
11. The Speak It Mountains
Recorded in Denver on 24th October
Stream and forest recorded in Santa Fe on 25th October by Mike Smith
12. Aspen Forest
Recorded in Santa Fe on 25th October and in Vancouver on 3rd November
Additional Bass: Paul Simonon
Additional Qanun: James R Grippo
13. Bobby In Phoenix
Recorded in Phoenix on 26th October
Vocals and Guitar: Bobby Womack
14. California And The Slipping Of The Sun
Recorded in Oakland on 30th October
Train station announcement recorded at LA Train Station. Additional conversation with: Darren ‘Smoggy’ Evans, Mick Jones, Jamie Hewlett and Tanyel Vahdettin.
15. Seattle Yodel
Recorded in Seattle on 2nd November
Featuring the Archie McPhee Yodelling Pickle. Copyright 2008 Archie McPhee and Company

Additional Info:

iPad Applications Used: Speak It! / SoundyThingie / Mugician / Solo Synth / Synth / Funk Box / Gliss / AmpliTube / Xenon / iElectribe / BS-16i / M3000 HD / Cleartune / iOrgel HD / Olsynth / StudioMiniXI / BassLine / Harmonizer / Dub Siren Pro / Moog Filatron

agggggggggggggggggggh fuck you albarn

unless this is part of a name-swap deal that results in an 8-track Room To Live style takedown of your faltering artistic integrity

Verdict?

People on reddit seem to like it:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/er3vx/gorillaz_the_fall/

They also think muse and sigur ros are mindblowing so take it with a pinch of salt.

are any tracks immediately hook-y (like empire ants/stylo)?

i thought abt downloading this last night and got bored following the appropriate links lol

so far this doesn't sound like it was made on an ipad but it also doesn't sound good

wake me up when there's a download for this, not fifteen individual streams

kinda pointless to wake you up for something that's gonna put you to sleep

go to bed, sic

The Fall Asleep

Probably won't be arsed with this, I couldn't really get into Plastic Beach. Still love Demon Days though.

This is mostly noodly instrumentals, but there are a few tracks worth hearing. My favorites after one listen are the one featuring Bobby Womack ("Bobby in Phoenix") and "The Parish of Space Dust", which incorporates samples of Texas-area radio and news reports and really nails a isolated road-trip vibe.

Revolving Doors is brilliant. the rest's pretty much wanky waffle. a few nice bits here and there but really how is this anything other than another 'DemoCrazy' style Damon solo album? most of it sounds like blur '13' era cast offs or Good, Bad and The Queen instrumentals.

sounds like a very rich man, bored and stoned in a hotel room, gazing out at a sunset and prodding away at an Apple gadget. or like a soundtrack to the next terrible Sofia Coppola movie.

Read more: http://www.popjustice.com/forum/index.php?topic=26560.0#ixzz19KBlZJKO

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?!

if for nothing else, this gorillaz project is worthwhile for inspiring the term "wanky waffle."

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?

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.

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 :)

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

Enjoying The Fall far more than Plastic Beach.

well they're a much better band

hereallweek.wav

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

Otm

yeah damn this is really good, i never paid that much attn to the gorillaz

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

literally can't stop myself from dancing at the bus stop when empire ants goes big

Remember when Damon Albarn hired half of The Clash for his touring band and gave them precisely nothing to do? That was pretty funny.

Lol! he just likes to hang out with people sometimes I think.

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?

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?

def

.. 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

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.

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.
"

amazing

jfc

destroy all bespokesters

still, i really want the book.

bastards.

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

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

no idea re size :

https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/8212065/17492331_10155193725362996_8893933597962460000_o.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W44NWYwa1g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSivlaSVk1k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBA0PUQCvIA

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.