Damon Albarn has formally introduced the primary new Gorillaz album since 2023. The follow-up to Cracker Island is named The Mountain, and it’s out March 20 through the band’s personal new label, Kong. Main the 15-track launch is a track that includes Sparks titled “Happy Dictator.” Hearken to the brand new single under.
The Mountain was produced by Gorillaz, James Ford, Samuel Egglenton, and Remi Kabaka Jr., with extra contributions from Argentine producer Bizarrap. The album was recorded at Albarn’s Studio 13, in London, in addition to his studio in Devon, England, and areas in Mumbai, New Delhi, Rajasthan, and Varanasi, India; Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; Damascus, Syria; Los Angeles; Miami; and New York.
As is commonly the case with Gorillaz albums, The Mountain is full of company, and, this time, artists are performing in 5 languages: Arabic, English, Hindi, Spanish, and Yoruba. Contributors to the brand new album embody Idles, Kara Jackson, Yasiin Bey, Johnny Marr of the Smiths, Black Considered the Roots, Anoushka Shankar, and Omar Souleyman. Moreover, the album consists of the voices of numerous deceased figures, together with Bobby Womack, Dave “Trugoy the Dove” Jolicoeur, actor Dennis Hopper, the Fall’s Mark E. Smith, Detroit rapper Proof, and Tony Allen. See the tracklist for The Mountain under.
Gorillaz will comply with The Mountain with a tour of the UK and Eire. See these dates under.
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The Mountain:
01 The Mountain [ft. Dennis Hopper, Ajay Prasanna, Anoushka Shankar, Amaan Ali
Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash]
02 The Moon Cave [ft. Asha Puthli, Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda
and Black Thought]
03 The Comfortable Dictator [ft. Sparks]
04 The Hardest Factor [ft. Tony Allen]
05 Orange County [ft. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson and Anoushka Shankar]
06 The God of Mendacity [ft. Idles]
07 The Empty Dream Machine [ft. Black Thought, Johnny Marr and Anoushka
Shankar]
08 The Manifesto [ft. Trueno and Proof]
09 The Plastic Guru [ft. Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar]
10 Delirium [ft. Mark E. Smith]
11 Damascus [ft. Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey]
12 The Shadowy Gentle [ft. Asha Bhosle, Gruff Rhys, Ajay Prasanna, Amaan Ali
Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash]
13 Casablanca [ft. Paul Simonon and Johny Marr]
14 The Candy Prince [ft. Ajay Prasanna, Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar]
15 The Unhappy God [ft. Black Thought, Ajay Prasanna and Anoushka Shankar]
Gorillaz:
03-21 Manchester, England – Co-op Stay
03-22 Birmingham, England – BP Pulse Stay
03-24 Glasgow, Scotland – OVO Hydro *
03-25 Leeds, England – First Direct Enviornment *
03-27 Cardiff, Wales – Utilita Enviornment *
03-28 Nottingham, England – Motorpoint Enviornment *
03-29 Liverpool, England – M&S Financial institution Enviornment *
03-31 Belfast, Northern Eire – SSE Enviornment *
04-01 Dublin, Eire – 3Arena *
06-20 London, England – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium ^*
* with Trueno
^ with Sparks
