Gorillaz - The Now Now (2018)
Gorillaz - The Now Now (2018)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 256 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 93 Mb | 00:40:47
Alternative, Electronic, Singer-Songwriter | Label: Parlophone Records, Warner Bros. Records
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 256 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 93 Mb | 00:40:47
Alternative, Electronic, Singer-Songwriter | Label: Parlophone Records, Warner Bros. Records
The Now Now is the upcoming sixth studio album by British virtual band Gorillaz. The album will be released on 29 June 2018 via Parlophone and Warner Bros. Records. Recording began during the North American leg of the Humanz Tour in 2017, with fewer collaborators than usual. According to Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn, the album was recorded quickly so that the band would have more material to play at future concerts. The album was first teased through a series of posters found at All Points East Festival, and was officially announced two days later. The posters contained phrases and a link to a website, which displayed a short teaser containing a snippet of a new song and the release date. Damon Albarn has described the album as "pretty much just me singing" and "very sort of in the world of 2-D".Tracklist:
After the release of their 2017 album Humanz, Albarn had hinted at the possibility of a new Gorillaz album arriving sooner than later, mentioning how he enjoyed recording and debuting new music while on tour. He compared the spontaneous nature of it to their 2010 album, The Fall, but expressed desire to make another record like that feel more "complete" in comparison, adding that "if we're going to do more with Gorillaz we don't want to wait seven years because, y'know, we're getting on a bit now". He would later confirm that they were working on another Gorillaz album that was scheduled for release the subsequent year.
At a concert in Seattle in September 2017, a new song called "Idaho" was debuted. In late March 2018, while at a concert in Chile, they debuted another new song, "Hollywood", which features Jamie Principle and Snoop Dogg. At this concert, Albarn stated that the album had recently been finished and would be out soon. That May, a series of posters were found at All Points East Festival which contained phrases such as "G is the Magic Number" and "Save Us from Him" and a URL. The latter pointed to a teaser for the album that revealed its title and its release date, 29 June. It also contained a short snippet of a new song which was later released as "Lake Zurich". On 28 May, the day after the festival had ended, Emma de Caunes, the wife of Jamie Hewlett, the animator for Gorillaz, posted an image on her Instagram account which officially confirmed the album's release.
The majority of the album was recorded in February 2018 at Studio 13 in London.
According to a Radio X interview with Albarn, the album was produced within a short timeframe so the band would have new material to play at upcoming festivals. As a byproduct of the album's expedited production, The Now Now features fewer guest collaborators than previous Gorillaz records.
In the same interview, Albarn credited producer James Ford for heavily contributing to the album's lyrical cohesion, stating: "He's 'sense police', he likes everything to make sense. Traditionally with Gorillaz, I haven't really finished anything off completely, and I've let just the first time I've sung something stick if it felt right; but he was like, 'just make it make a little more sense'. If this record makes any more sense, it's entirely down to him, not me."
1. Humility (feat. George Benson) (03:17)
2. Tranz (02:42)
3. Hollywood (feat. Snoop Dogg & Jamie Principle) (04:53)
4. Kansas (04:08)
5. Sorcererz (03:00)
6. Idaho (03:42)
7. Lake Zurich (04:13)
8. Magic City (03:59)
9. Fire Flies (03:53)
10. One Percent (02:21)
11. Souk Eye (04:34)
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Gorillaz / The Now Now
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EAC extraction logfile from 29. June 2018, 9:03
Gorillaz / The Now Now
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