listening to 'humanz' again and it's kind of crazy how many fans in the youtube comments had a lot of its themes fly right over their head. fans who have a better grasp on the lore can help me here.
but for example, songs like 'halfway to the halfway house' - i can't be the only who thinks the songs sounds...ghostly? spectral? like it's haunted? the way peven's vocal seem to float and the instrumentation is all...bouncy and wavy? it makes me think of this gif from fantasia:
there has always have been themes of ghosts, demons and possession in gorillaz because of murdoc. 'rise of the ogre' and all that. but on humanz there was (at least to me) that aside the political statements and space themes on the album, the project also seemed to be revolving around those ideas again. 'saturn barz' video has them walking into a haunted house and experiencing an entity (who manifests as popcaan) and then you get songs like 'charger' where 'something' (grace jones) takes a hold of them. 'let me out' calling throughout the police brutality message with mavis staples and pusha t. and 'out of body' with kilo kish and zebra katz. 'i'm alive, i'm alive'.
am i the only one who sees this thread? it also explains why certain songs sound the way they do. so when i see people say it sounds messy, or didn't make sense, i'm just like - i think it does.
i might not be explaining myself very well. but if you know what i'm talking about, feel free to add and comment!
Strobelite from the Gorillaz show at the United Center this past week. Peven Everett was there to perform his vocals live -- he also did the vocal lines from Stylo and crusheddd it. This is my favorite track off Humanz and Everett is not in the touring group so this was a rare treat.
Gorillaz evoke a stylized 3D-world in the Cracker Island music video.
Band members 2D, Murdoc, Noodle, and Russel of the BRIT and Grammy-winning virtual Gorillaz turned to Nexus Studios to create the psychedelic video for their new track Cracker Island’ ft. Thundercat. Directed by artist and Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett and Nexus Studio’s Emmy-nominated director, Fx Goby, the live-action/animated hybrid music video takes viewers on a late-night jaunt to the City of Angels.
(Nexus Studios)
In the Cracker Island music video, director Goby draws on his multidisciplinary expertise with 2D and 3D animation as well as live-action.
YouTube video >> Gorillaz - Cracker Island ft. Thundercat (Official Video) (Released 29 July 2022 - 3mins.+39secs.):
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Gorillaz — Riffing on the perils of the metaverse and living online.
Gorillaz: Cracker Island album review – smaller, subtler, and better for it.
Damon Albarn has reined in the excess – though there are still cameos from the likes of Bad Bunny and Stevie Nicks – for a trim album that is one of the band’s best.
By Alexis Petridis
The Guardian - 23 February 2023
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Gorillaz featuring Peven Everett perform Strobelite at WFUV 2017.
YouTube video >> Gorillaz feat. Peven Everett - Strobelite [Live at WFUV] (Recorded 16 April 2017 / 4mins.+37secs.):
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Little Simz covers Gorillaz Feel Good Inc for Triple J - Like A Version.
YouTube music video >> Little Simz covers Gorillaz Feel Good Inc for Triple J - Like A Version (Released 1 August 2019 / 4mins.):
i watched Gorillaz' weekend 1 performance at Coachella last night bc it's the closest i'll come to seeing them in concert(for now, i hope they tour again this year) definitely watching next week if it's as lit as last night. here's some of my favorite moments from it:
●Damon's outfit(and his tattoos! i didn't even know the man had tattoos?)
●the energy of their bassist(Seye Adelekan)
●how professional and fun the choir were
●Damon going into the crowd and security having to keep a close eye on him lmaoo
●Thundercat and the band vibing during Cracker Island
●Peven Everett, Bootie Brown and Jamie Principle giving their ALL(and getting nothing in return🥲)
●Damon trying his best to get the youngins to bounce during Andromeda(i was bouncing in spirit)
●The cute lil band animations for Skinny Ape that alluded to the Times Square debut performance
●Damon screaming APEAPEAPEAPEAPEAPE and progressively losing his coherence
●Damon's keyboard work on the Tormenta bridge/outro section
●the 'for Missy' before Melancholy Hill(and Melancholy Hill in general🥹)
●the choir member(Michelle Ndegwa)giving her ALL during Kids With Guns
●How equally drunk Damon and Slowthai were
●Del Tha Funkee Homosapien's appearances(still don't know why they couldn't do Captain Chicken smh)
●De La Soul performing and having fun despite the loss of one of their members(and the lovely tribute to him)
●bonus: jamming out and screaming with people on the discord server
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ok now hit the opposite end and give some Humanz opinionz
very interesting choice....... i shall change two of the categories accordingly
worst song - sex muder party is bad. like i've never seen a song more unanimously agreed upon by fans as being one of the worst songs they've put out. flat production, boring vocals and uninteresting features, overall very phoned in song that felt half finished
favorite song - strobelite. it's probably the only song i still listen to occasionally, i think i'm mainly attached to it cus i looooved peven everett's performance of it when i saw them live in 2017. he just brings a lot of charm to the track :)
least favorite song - momentz bugs me. the hook had potential but when you swap out a potential second verse from de la soul (the first of which is already very strangely executed) with PLASTIC ON THE CEILING pretty much all hope is lost. and why is the ending like that please someone tell me what statement they were trying to make with this album
most overrated song - busted and blue. it feels like this song was written just to check off the "damon sings a sad song all alone" box on the gorillaz album to-do list. i could count on one hand how many fuckin songs on this album don't use that filter effect for his vocals...
most underrated song - carnival. i always felt that it didn't deserve to get shafted by fans; sure it's a humanz song but it's certainly one of the more interesting ones, and the short runtime means it doesn't overstay its welcome at all
lamest of the lame - we got the power is so funny. it sounds like it wants to bad to inspire some change in all the gorillaz fans of the world but it's just so fuckin campy, made campier by jehnny beth's contributions. i remember the first time i listened to humanz i was so excited for it and then when we got the power ended i felt this void in my soul like "that's it?"
other thoughts - there's a lot of problems with humanz. it's bloated with features, the production is flat, its political messaging being so uninspired that it's on par with late-career muse, not to mention the gorillaz characters themselves becoming separate entities from the music and instead just a gimmick to put in their videos and album covers... there's bad albums, but sometimes an album isn't just bad but completely goes against everything an artist is known for. humanz went the extra mile and permanently killed the magic the band had with the original trilogy. their music's still good, but it'll never be the same.