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Hedrigall posted:

Just came out of the documentary.

It�s good. Very fly on the wall style, no narration or interviews. Just tons of footage from recording and live shows. No full songs live, just snippets but edited really well. Lots of funny bits. Not much on the art/Jamie side of things, almost all the music. No new songs or announcements. Bonus stuff after the credits is another 10 min or so of similar footage.

What songs do we get to see the making-of? My favorite stuff from the previous docs have been the look into songs being recorded, especially getting to hear early versions of some songs on the PB doc.

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 17:59

hughesta: Jun 12, 2012; i know its super duper kooper
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absolutely loved the film. While not really a good documentary it was absolutely jam packed with treats for fans. Early versions of songs, tour rehearsals, cut tracks... even if we only got small pieces of them, it's a remarkable gift to have these bits of things that would otherwise be totally lost.

# ¿ Dec 17, 2019 08:00

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The documentary is going up on youtube today, uncut

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# ¿ Dec 24, 2019 17:36

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there's a new single premiering next week, it features Slowthai and Slaves

# ¿ Jan 25, 2020 00:51

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based on all the info that's been creeping out over the last year and a half, I'm expecting a slow-releasing album, maybe a video for every song. There's gonna be a new G-Bite tomorrow too, we'll probably get quite a few of those down the stretch.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2020 21:45

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song is good, cant believe we have a gorillaz song with mike dean production now

new song + video every month for the foreseeable future, per Damon himself.

# ¿ Jan 31, 2020 01:21

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stev posted:

I haven't watched the video yet. The song's good but I feel like it's building up to a climax that never comes. It left me feeling a bit deflated.

I'll probably prefer it on repeat listens though.

e: Interesting that the Youtube version is nearly two minutes longer than the actual track. It looks like they had more video than song to work with so they repeated a bit to act as a long outro.

I like it, I'd have preferred that on the actual track.

count me as another who prefers the video version of the song. Really like both the song and video

# ¿ Feb 27, 2020 20:27

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stev posted:

I wonder how this is being funded since there's no album to buy and no tour to get tickets for. I doubt a drip feed of YouTube revenue and streaming fees will be enough to cover the production of a new song and video every month.

I'm sure stuff like their recent G Shock sponsor work went towards this. Probably see more brand stuff like that in the future.

# ¿ Feb 29, 2020 17:33

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the gist of the lore I think is that it doesn't matter and canon is whatever Jamie wants it to be at any given moment

# ¿ Apr 12, 2020 22:43

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Hedrigall posted:

The people who are into the lore the most all seem to be 14 year olds on reddit and in the youtube comments which is mind boggling to me because they weren�t even born when demon days came out wtf

people who weren't even alive when Rise of the Ogre came out being the vocal minority who is super deep into Gorillaz lore fucks me up

# ¿ Apr 14, 2020 14:17

hughesta: Jun 12, 2012; i know its super duper kooper
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new song is incredible, my favorite song machine track so far.

# ¿ May 3, 2020 05:42

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spent $200 on a book that'll come with songs I'll have already heard by the time it comes out smh

# ¿ May 27, 2020 00:28

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Nanigans posted:

$200?

Did you get the super limited edition?

By the way, I love how Murdoc made sure their signatures went in order: Murdoc, Russell, Noodle, 2D lol

Yeah I snagged the super deluxe before it sold out

# ¿ May 27, 2020 02:24

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new song out tomorrow - Friday 13th ft. Octavian

# ¿ Jun 8, 2020 21:47

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Middle of the pack for me, which still means I think it's really good. Next episode sounds nuts too.

# ¿ Jul 20, 2020 21:06

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1. Strange Timez (feat. Robert Smith)
2. The Valley of The Pagans (feat. Beck)
3. The Lost Chord (feat. Leee John)
4. Pac-Man (feat. Schoolboy Q)
5. Chalk Tablet Towers (feat. St Vincent)
6. The Pink Phantom (feat. Elton John and 6LACK)
7. Aries (feat. Peter Hook and Georgia)
8. Friday 13th (feat. Octavian)
9. Dead Butterflies (feat. Kano and Rosani Arias)
10. D�sol� (feat. Fatoumata Diawara) [Extended Version]
11. Momentary Bliss (feat. Slowthai and Slaves)
12. Opium (feat. EARTHGANG)
13. Simplicity (feat. Joan As Police Woman)
14. Severed Head (feat. Goldlink and Unknown Mortal Orchestra)
15. With Love To An Ex (feat Moonchild Sanelly)
16. MLS (feat. JPEGMAFIA and CHAI)
17. How Far? (feat. Tony Allen and Skepta)

Releases October 23rd

# ¿ Sep 9, 2020 09:17

hughesta: Jun 12, 2012; i know its super duper kooper
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I think the deluxe almanac also only comes with the standard CD (I ordered the super deluxe), I'll just have to grab it on vinyl to compensate

# ¿ Sep 9, 2020 14:08

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Humanz is a 10 The Now Now is a 6.5 and Song Machine will be a 10

Gorillaz are at their best when working with others and experimenting

# ¿ Sep 9, 2020 19:35

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The Walrus posted:

new track with Robert Smith is WOW.

where are you guys preordering for NA?

I pre-ordered an orange LP from Rough Trade and will grab the deluxe cd from a local place upon release

# ¿ Sep 9, 2020 22:06

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The Japanese version of the release features a bonus track called Taxi Back to 80s Reykjavik

# ¿ Sep 10, 2020 19:46

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gently caress yeah a 7 minute song with Earthgang is gonna be nuts

# ¿ Sep 11, 2020 06:17

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IUG posted:

Anyone know of a good place to order this one into the US?

Unfortunately I don't. I think the song will also be available digitally on Japanese streaming/digital marketplaces so if you want you could just buy that song standalone off some Japanese music store

# ¿ Sep 11, 2020 20:05

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1. Humanz
2. Gorillaz
3. Demon Days
4. The Now Now
5. Plastic Beach
6. The Fall

PB has better highs but worse lows than TNN so TNN winds up being the more consistently enjoyable album for me

# ¿ Sep 11, 2020 23:16

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Hedrigall posted:

The worst take I ever saw on the gorillaz subreddit was a long post saying people who prefer The Now Now over Humanz are racist and just don�t like all the black people singing on Humanz

I'll allow it

# ¿ Sep 12, 2020 06:41

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even Glitter Freeze has that fantastic alternate version

# ¿ Sep 12, 2020 23:22

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The Fall has a lot of cool stuff but I think it's probably one of the least rewarding Gorillaz listens.

# ¿ Sep 13, 2020 03:51

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D Sides rules and I'm not huge on most of G Sides but Faust and Hip Albatross are supremely good

# ¿ Sep 14, 2020 20:39

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I wanna take this opportunity to share an underappreciated Phase 1 gem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PttMcWXz2Fg

# ¿ Sep 14, 2020 21:33

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I think this nonalbum track is just about inarguably the best Gorillaz song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36DCuT1KxM4

# ¿ Sep 16, 2020 03:37

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net cafe scandal posted:

Its legendary for sure and honestly this + the music video was a perfect sendoff to Gorillaz and Humanz+the rest wasnt worth bringing it back for.

why would you want a music project to release less good music so you could have some fairy tale ending

seems kinda dumb imo

# ¿ Sep 16, 2020 08:55

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pretty sure the deluxe songs are intended to be a part of the "Humanz album experience" and were split because the album is long and WB wanted to sell a deluxe edition

# ¿ Sep 17, 2020 02:09

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stev posted:

Yeah, they flow incredibly well intro each other. It almost feels like an epilogue.

That's exactly how I've always thought of it - Humanz standard is pre-apocalypse, New World is apocalypse, rest of the Deluxe is post-apocalypse

# ¿ Sep 18, 2020 14:10

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On Melancholy Hill and Broken are both pretty boring songs and having them grouped up together makes for a real snooze moment on the record

Fortunately that block is followed up with Sweepstakes and Plastic Beach, which are awesome

# ¿ Sep 18, 2020 18:12

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net cafe scandal posted:

Best off-album track besides DoYaThing 13 Minute Version. Any true Gorillaz oldheads remember how hype this was? From when Plastic Beach was called Carousel?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STfF-BXI9a0

These were good times. I still prefer Stylo's demo to what we got

Also what the gently caress @ the Bobby Womack hate in here

# ¿ Sep 19, 2020 08:56

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thrilla in vanilla posted:

Cloud of unknowing is good. Stylo is bad.

I checked out the new song machine songs and the only good one is the new one with robert. I wish damon albarn still had an actual drum kit available to use on his music

There are live drums on most of the new songs. The Robert Smith one is one of the few exceptions.

# ¿ Sep 20, 2020 17:05

hughesta: Jun 12, 2012; i know its super duper kooper
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really the digging the new track, and I agree with Shinjobi that Cloud of Unknowing is a really gorgeous and effective piece of music

# ¿ Oct 1, 2020 17:54

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I think his voice, autotune and all, floats really well on the track. Meshes nicely to my ears. Clearly Damon thought so too, because some his backing vocals are autotuned as well.

# ¿ Oct 1, 2020 23:09

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I think 6lack's verse adds a real grounded element to the song while Damon largely harmonizes about summer lines and Elton John belts out stuff about diamond skies and peach highways

# ¿ Oct 2, 2020 01:33

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Guess I'll be that guy

1. Friday 13th
2. Desole
3. Pac Man
4. The Pink Phantom
5. Momentary Bliss
6. Strange Timez
7. How Far?
8. Aries

# ¿ Oct 2, 2020 05:07

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 17:59

hughesta: Jun 12, 2012; i know its super duper kooper
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I saw an interview that says they need permission to animate the collaborators, and Elton said yes. Even if 6lack said yes too, if you're making a video for this song on a very limited time and budget, you can probably only choose one of these people to fully animate, and I can't see a single reason not to choose Elton

# ¿ Oct 6, 2020 16:58

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