All-star Gorillaz fan gets Damon Albarn to confirm new album is done
Now this is how you fan.
When music blogger Jack Winstanley ran into Gorillaz co-creator Damon Albarn, he didn't just geek out on his own behalf. He reported back and made some news.
Albarn confirmed, per Winstanley's tweets, that the fifth Gorillaz album is officially done and that the band is currently in rehearsals for an upcoming tour. A single for the as-yet-untitled album already dropped on Jan. 19, delivering a charged political message on the day before Donald Trump's inauguration.
Albarn also confirmed that he got himself a new hat for the tour. Presumably the same beret he's wearing in his photo with Winstanley, below.
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Note that there hasn't been an official announcement about the new album's release date, but it's about time we got some new music. The untitled fifth Gorillaz album will be the band's first major release since 2010.
That year, fans were treated to a double-helping: Plastic Beach, which was built using pieces from an unfinished 2008 album, and The Fall, which was released for free on the band's website.
Gorillaz was created in 1998 by Albarn and Tank Girl creator Jamie Hewlett. The unusual "virtual band" is filled out not by humans, but by cartoon characters: 2D (lead singer/keyboards), Murdoc Niccals (bass), Noodle (guitar/keyboards), and Russel Hobbs (drums).
The four cartoon musicians dwell in a fictional world that's been detailed over the years in music videos, cartoon shorts, and the band's website. Though Albarn -- who is also a founding member of the British rock band Blur -- is the Gorillaz's only permanent musician.
The recently released music video for "Hallelujah Money" -- which we can only assume is a track off the upcoming album -- featured the vocal stylings of Benjamin Clementine, a popular British poet and musician.
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Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.
