The new Gorillaz album leaked.

Gorillaz had to have raked in a lot of cash for the automator, and I bet this one will do the same for Dangermouse.

SPOILER ! :

the bit where martina topley bird comes in on 'all alone' must rank as one of the most heart-stopping surprises on a record in living memory. like so much of the lp it really shouldn't work but just...does.

it's redefining the term 'eclectic' for me too.

it's weird, the songs never feel like they're going to fall apart any minute, but when you listen you're sort of thinking
'how is this hanging together so well?'

"And I'm balding/and I wish I wasn't/Oh Justine, if only/Hmmm hmmm where is Graham?"

http://exodus.interoutemediaservices.com/deliverMedia.asp?id=1f0c553a-b121-42de-a639-3e3e4d03e786&delivery=stream

huge fun.

m.e

I find it kind of funny that the songs with less albarn are being released as singles.

Well, the track listing, at least.

1.Intro
2.Seagull Massacre
3.Broken (featuring Mos Def)
4.Stylo (featuring Bruce Willis)
5.Electric Shock (featuring De La Soul)
6.Satan’s Burlesque (featuring the Horrors)
7.Pirate Ship (featuring Mark E Smith and Einar Örn Benediktsson)
8.Sweep Stakes (featuring Mos Def)
9.Carousel (featuring De La Soul)
10.Sloped Tropics (featuring De La Soul)
11.Twilight (featuring Ozzy Osbourne)
12.Daydream Daemon (featuring Mos Def)
13.Plastic Beach (featuring Lou Reed)
14.Banana Bunch (featuring Snoop Dog)
15.Arming The Nation (featuring Barry Gibb and Bobby Womack)
16.Closing Time

Mark E Smith!!!!

What an odd list of collaborators! Lots of Mos Def though, I like that.

4.Stylo (featuring Bruce Willis)
11.Twilight (featuring Ozzy Osbourne)
14.Banana Bunch (featuring Snoop Dog)

OK there is pretty much no way these three won't be totally horrific but the rest should yield some dece tracks.

http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/ss131/SvenHasselSchmuck/uncutinterview.jpg

"Some grizzled old piratey-looking guy"

".. Bruce Willis."

i guess a la dennis hopper doing a monologue.
at least i hope so.
not got much hope for this to be honest.
i think its easy to figure out why i loved the 1st and 2nd albums (the excess of jamie h art in the books/videos etc being the main pull for me).
i have read in recent times that jamie has been heard to say how he never wants to draw the characters again, so i'm a little concerned this new phase will have none of the same humour/inventiveness to make me reach for my wallet.
even the leaked album art looks, umm, nothing special (though its an early leak, so could easily change).
i (as do emi if they release this, as 'monkey' went to XL after some legal hiccup) hope i'm wrong ..

7.Pirate Ship (featuring Mark E Smith and Einar Örn Benediktsson)

Mark E Smith and Einar on the same song? This is either going to be genius, or something that you play loudly at parties to see who leaves

Well, hopefully both

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/audio/2009/nov/28/showing-off-damon-albarn

Yak about it there. It's Damon so it's *good* yak.

4.Stylo (featuring Bruce Willis)
The return of Bruno!

haha. brilliant.

really looking forward to hearing the barry gibb track. has he guested on any other albums recently?

Satan’s Burlesque (featuring the Horrors)

This is where I jumped over the side of the boat.

The Horrors are a very good band these days, live and on record

You might be right but in my head they're the goth Primal Scream so No Sale.

Is it bad that you might have just sold them to me as "the goth Primal Scream?"

hey, it's not a moral judgement, if that floats your boat

STYLO the single has l£ak£d. it's great.

ah, stylophones

It's good

What say you guys about "Stylo"?

full album version on the official site has an extra chunk of mos def at the start. http://www.gorillaz.com/

album cover artwork here: http://www.soulculture.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/album_packshot.jpg
NME feature / interview right here: http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/5/12/2439970/2010-01-23%20NME_02.jpg

oh and .. no Bruce Willis, Barry Gibb OR The Horrors according to the official tracklist: http://www.nme.com/news/gorillaz/49341

Is that the album cover for real? It's really awful.

i could see it being part of a cool looking music video

No thoughts on the single?

It's good!

Yes, I concur. Looking forward to this, Demon Days was a very pleasant surprise.

Is Danger Mouse producing this one too?

i was wondering about this.
the promo machine so far has not mentioned his presence, and you'd think they would if he was still involved.

'Orchestral Intro'
'Welcome To The World Of The Plastic Beach' (feat. Snoop Dogg)
'White Flag (feat. Kano & Bashy)
'Rhinestone Eyes'
'Stylo' (feat. Bobby Womack and Mos Def)
'Superfast Jellyfish' (feat. Gruff Rhys and De La Soul)
'Empire Ants' (feat. Little Dragon)
'Glitter Freeze' (feat. Mark E Smith)
'Some Kind Of Nature' (feat. Lou Reed)
'On Melancholy Hill'
'Broken'
'Sweepstakes' (feat. Mos Def & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)
'Plastic Beach' (feat. Mick Jones & Paul Simonon)
'To Binge' (feat. Little Dragon)
'Cloud Of Unknowing' (feat. Bobby Womack)
'Pirate Jet'

sounds just as fake as the other one tbh

the one thing i wish albarn would do is make something in the vein of 13 or think tank again and unfortunately i don't think we're ever getting that again, except for the magic whip's extremely mediocre version

Orange County is great