0Only a few weeks ago did a new Gorillaz album drop. And only a few weeks ago, did I never hear anything about it, and was only informed about it two days ago by a friend who randomly stumbled across a Pitchfork review giving the album 8.5/10. Here at foX Note Hunter, we don't quite believe in a rating system, but never-the-less, I started to see nothing but good reviews for this music.
All I can say is, THIS IS NOT YOUR PREVIOUS GORILLAZ RELEASE! That noted, and please do note it, it is quite interesting, but a good interesting mind you, to listen to. If you have seemed to have found yourself wondered away from any form of Pop music, prepare to be take back to the life of bright colors, glittery sounds, poppy sounds, and just plain pop culture. The entire album reminded me of a quaint trip back to the 80's, with someone's boombox blaring the latest Flock Of Seagulls single.
It's been fashion to be taken back to roots and make something new from them, and I do believe the Gorillaz concept of pop roots is definitely pulled off here. You should be able to respect that. Doesn't mean it is your particular taste, especially if you dig the rap culture Gorillaz almost seemed to infuse and inspire within rap culture itself.
What's the idea here behind Plastic Beach as an album? I can only say it's like walking on a beach resort, and running across a multitude of people, each with their own unique event and feel on this beach. Plastic is a definitely recurring motif, and so is the island music feel. Gorillaz pulled it off, but at some points it does feel a bit messier than it should be, and some songs just shorter or not reaching what they could have been. These aren't complaints though, the multitude of diversity of pop songs you get here is staggering and the moments themselves that you do get are just plain fun.
But I digress, and am putting links to listen to the whole album:
The ending was alright, but tracks such as "Empire Ants," "Broken," "On Melancholy Hill," "Sweepstakes," and "White Flags" are good tracks if you don't have the time to sit down with the entire album.
--Minimal foX (Still working in the foxhole)
2 comments:
I really, REALLY like this album. The artificial island sensations you get from listening are great, and then "Stylo" and the songs that are mostly instrumental/classical in feel are cherries on top--top notch!
Heh, I have the FLAC version of it, but no way to play it! But I keep coming back to quite a few of the songs. But I do agree, the island feel is just magically there, I have almost no clue how they did it other than by saying it has to be the 80's/90's music feel perhaps?
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