In one of my last posts I mentioned that Damon Albarn was dropping vocals on the new Massive Attack album and said that it was going to be the most important album of the year and i may just have to backtrack on that one.
March this year heralds the arrival of 'Plastic Beach', the third album by the animated genre-mashing musical heroes that are Gorillaz. The band have also just been announced as headliners for Sunday night at the epic Coachella festival, taking the stage after Orbital, Thom Yorke and Pavement it looks like it could be the best close to a festival in recent memory.
The most exciting thing about this album has got to be the sheer quality and span of the contributing artists which includes; Lou Reed, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Gruff Rhys, Mark E. Smith, De La Soul (who have wrote two of the songs), Snoop Dogg, Mos Def, Bobby Womack, Kano, Bashy, Little Dragon, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Sinfonia Viva and The National Orchestra for Arab Music.
So for now, have a listen to the impressive first single from the album,
Stylo featuring Mos Def and Bobby Womack
