Albarn's London roomate Jamie Hewlitt provides a comic book fascade for the group supplying an animation art style that blankets the album and insert, and adeptly adorns their music videos, enhancing the music. This debut album is absolutely brilliant listening, and accomodates long hours of repeated listening music to relax to, music to work by, music to dance with. At first listen, the more memorable songs are 'Clint Eastwood', 'Rock The House', '19-2000' and 'Tomorrow Comes Today' and on further listening, all the peronal oddity of the group becomes obvious through songs like the manic 'Punk' and horror revive of 'M1 A1' which starts with the opening lines of the classic gore film 'Day of the Dead'. provided by Del tha Funky Homo Sapien, indie exotica from Miho Hattori, and mainstream pop kookiness issuing throughout from Damon Albarn of Blur. Quirky, enjoyable music meanderings encompass rap. The Gorillaz are an intense combination of musical styles and animation/illustration art that creates a multimedia buffet for the senses.
Next stop, figure out how to use it to get in.Ĭonglomerate musical groups made from established talents making concept albums usually sound plodding and indulgent, yet this album is the complete opposite.
With this cd, you will be given the key to Murdoc's Winnebago. And, as a special bonus, the cd comes as an enhanced cd, with some very cool animation, and even better wallpaper and screensaver additions. The beats, and samples are, as always with the Kid, without fault.ĭefinitely give this one a go.
Tripped out music with cool, almost indifferent, vocals. If the animation and humor of these guys don't get you, the music certainly will. I remember first seeing the video for "Clint Eastwood" on MTV2. This, giving its background, could not miss. And for a TRUE showcase of Kid Koala's talents, check out his solo cd on the Ninja Tune record label, "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome." It is beyond awesome, and simply amazing. If you are at all into underground (i.e., true) hip-hop, you've probably already come across Deltron 3030's release featuring Kid Koala and Del the Funky Homosapien, along with about 200 other guest appearances. Then, the icing on the cake: Kid Koala, turntablist extraordinaire. I've followed everything they've done, be it Graham Coxon's solo stuff, or Damon Albarn's soundtrack talents for "Ravenous."