Gorillaz Galore

Gorillaz fans will be thrilled. Yesterday it was announced they would be headlining Coachella 2010 and today their first single from their upcoming album “Plastic Beach” was leaked onto the internet.

The song is called “Stylo” and after about three listens I’m officially hooked. The song features Bobby Womack, Mos Def and of course Damon Albarn haunting voice. Parlophone president Miles Leonard described the song as “a dark, twisted track that sounds like the ‘Saturday Night Fever’ soundtrack on MDMA.”

I gotta hand it to Gorillaz, they never fail to impress me with their constantly changing musical direction. I’m especially looking forward to this album because I think the visual side of it will be the best yet, especially if this still stands.

Jamie Hewlett, Gorillaz and Tank Girl artist said this about the album last year, “I’ve done a lot of visuals and Damon’s done a lot of music but we haven’t figured out how they’re going to fit together. I can’t say much about it yet but it’s sort of like a film, but not with one narrative story. There’s many stories, told around a bigger story, set to music, and done in live action, animation, all different styles, well … originally it was a film but now we think it’s a film and it’s a stage thing as well and… look, it’s basically us doing what the fuck we want without worrying about whether it’s for a record company or a film company or whatever. So I’m not sure how it’ll pan out, or even if it will happen. But Damon’s written around 70 songs for it, and I’ve got great plans for the visuals, but right now, at this moment, it’s still just a really good idea.” Check out the Gorillaz Website to get a few teasers of the visuals we’re to expect.

And for the patient ones, here’s the song!

STYLO