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Boywhiz88 posted:Blur released an album and supported it w tours. Might have something to do with it And don't forget Everyday Robots. I still pop that on from time to time. It doesn't break any new grounds or anything but if anyone enjoys Gorillaz they ought to give it a listen and see if there's something on it for them.
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I like all the Gorillaz albums (and I'm a huge Everyday Robots fan which apparently makes me some sort of mutant) but I think it's time Damon lets an opinionated producer back into the mix (e.g., Dan the Automator, Danger Mouse, etc.)
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Jul 8, 2018 15:13
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1) Gorillaz 2) D-sides 3) Plastic Beach 4) Humanz 5) The Now Now 6) Demon Days 7) The Fall Song machine to be placed. I will accept my flagellation but Demon Days just never clicked with me.
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Sep 14, 2020 18:07
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This album is loving incredible. I get the feeling it's kinda what Damon was going for with Humanz but maybe he wasn't quite in the right headspace for it at the time (and I say that as someone who really likes Humanz)
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Oct 23, 2020 13:27
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hughesta posted:I feel like this is just Damon making a Gorillaz album as usual, but disconnected from the high concept headiness that grounded Plastic Beach and Humanz. This album is similar to those albums in that it has a ton of guests, but unlike those it doesn't stick to any cohesive setting or narrative and never tries to be anything more than a collection of fun songs. I think this approach both helps and hurts the record, but it's undeniable that these are some of the strongest songs in Gorillaz' discography Yeah, I guess what I mean is that Humanz was a very deliberate "everything loving sucks right now, I'm going to force myself to have fun with a bunch of musicians I like and we're going to make upbeat songs" and Song Machine is that but without the strain of "this needs to be positive/cohesive" it just kinda happens to be Damon having fun with a bunch of people he admires and making good music in the process. I do wonder if lacking the huge story overtones is gonna hurt reception to this but at the same time, this feels the most like the first album in spirit, if not musically (although MLS is definitely a phase 1 throwback)
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Oct 23, 2020 18:56
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I really like the Beck song but I feel like "With Love to an Ex" is up there in terms of the new tracks
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Oct 23, 2020 21:18
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Hedrigall posted:Yeah can we change the thread title to The Gorillas - Blur’s Damian Albran has a new side project? I would take another "Everyday Robots" That was my most played album of 14 and 15 probably Goddamn, Damon is a versatile producer
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Oct 24, 2020 04:41
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scary ghost dog posted:with love to an ex rules It's so good that it shouldn't be relegated to "extra track" status
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Oct 25, 2020 05:06
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Asema posted:I just got my vinyl collection and boy is it really loving well put together and comes with a lot of real dope art Same, it's loving gorgeous. Way nicer than I was expecting. 
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Oct 26, 2020 18:31
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Hedrigall posted:Here’s a question by the way Tina Weymouth only doing backing vocals on 19-2000 seems pretty egregious to me. I mean the song still rips and the bass is great but if you've got Tina Weymouth and she isn't playing bass on at least one of your tracks you have hosed up.
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Oct 27, 2020 01:15
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That was a good show. It didn't differ to much from the album version but doing the remix version of Clint Eastwood as a closer was pretty inspired and hopefully Damon/his band members managed to make more scratch from this than they probably do from streaming and record sales.
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Dec 14, 2020 03:58
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Such a good loving track Albarn has been revitalized by Song Machine, I think Not to say Humanz or The Now Now were bad (I loved them both immensely) but this is a real earworm
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Jul 28, 2022 17:29
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scary ghost dog posted:humanz is their best album If we're counting the deluxe edition with "The Apprentice" I can see this
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Jul 28, 2022 18:13
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Re-listening now and Strobelite is timeless and perfect too. And Saturn Barz It's certainly not as conceptually tight as demon days or plastic beach but I think I remember an interview saying they wanted it to have a "party at the end of the world" kinda vibe and that was a perfect feeling then and only hits harder now
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Jul 28, 2022 18:34
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Now Now is no loving way the bottom album The only song on that album I'd chop is Idaho and everything else is nearly perfect
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Jul 28, 2022 19:28
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Just gonna go off the cuff top 3 because how can you pick when it comes to this kind of output 3. November Has Come 2. Pink Phantom 1. Kansas
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Hedrigall posted:Maybe Graham Coxon's solo stuff? He was the lead guitarist and secondary lead singer in Blur, the other huge band that Gorillaz' Damon Albarn was in Everyday Robots especially has huge Now Now vibes.
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Aug 14, 2022 21:29
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I love Plastic Beach but it does seem like it really did Damon in for a while. Dude was so jaded he rebounded a Blur album out of it
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Sep 6, 2022 22:42
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Dangerous Person posted:Just got out of the Philly soundcheck. Never thought I'd get to hear Hong Kong live They did hong Kong as the closer for the show tonight. It was so good. Damon had the crowd in the palm of his hands all night
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Oct 18, 2022 05:18
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZPnmEeXnRY Every track has been loving fire so far. This is going to be the best one since Demon Days, no doubt
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Jables88 posted:How is this album so good and releasing nearly two decades after Demon Days. dude just never seems to stop working like this one apparently was "I saw a delivery drone and I wrote this" and just... what a leap Good Soldier Svejk fucked around with this message at 21:26 on Dec 9, 2022 |
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Dec 9, 2022 21:24
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I am so excited for this album. Even if the rest is all duds these 5 are solid gold, one and all
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Feb 9, 2023 03:40
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Some of the tracks on Humanz definitely feel like they could've benefited from the tuning the live performances gave them prior to the recording. Some Gorillaz tracks are for listening and some are just for vibing the gently caress out For instance, and it's not a fair comparison I know, but album "O Green World" is incredible, sure... but the live version is sublime to experience
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Feb 11, 2023 23:37
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And for that matter, has Damon ever done anything with/talked about Dan or Kid Koala since the original? The relative silence feels like they had a falling out or something.
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Feb 27, 2023 16:24
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Christ, this man doesn't rest
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Magic Whip was a super melancholy album (and very good don't get me wrong) but it felt like an extension of Gorillaz/Everyday Robots I'm excited for something a little heavier that seems to have more of Coxon getting to do something
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