![]() ![]() The Blur singer and the sometime comic-book artist must also have memoed producer-drummer Remi Kabaka Jr to that effect, as well as singer Adeleye Omotayo, both now elite members of the Gorillaz camp. That, at least, must be the thinking of Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, who breathe new life into gap-toothed Gorillaz members 2-D, Murdoc, Noodle, and Russel on their eighth album, Cracker Island. ![]() More importantly, they don’t have to go painfully leftfield and abandon tunes in favor of “high art” dirges full of jazz instruments, vintage pianos, and impenetrable lyrics. They’re a cartoon band, and they don’t have to grow beards and go middle of the road or make earnest Bob Dylan cover albums. They’re like the Simpsons or the Toy Story characters, who can go on and on without getting old. They’ve been making albums since 2001, but Gorillaz are exempt from falling into the same traps as other long-established and hugely successful bands. ![]()
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