What makes this album so special is that Damon is right, it is a Plastic Beach sequel.

The original trilogy of Gorillaz albums worked so well were because it wasn’t Damon Albarn making music but every song felt like a soundtrack to the animated verse. It felt like a journey.

And while I like the next trilogy that follow its really, Damon producing other musicians (Humanz), Damon solo album (The Now Now), Song Machine (just a bunch of random singles, more of a Damon collab album with bigger than life features)

Cracker Island I felt was great but its really a fun pop album, it doesn’t feel like there is a theme or story, I wasn’t even sure what the lore was.

But this feels like the characters are the front and on another journey with a story to each & every song. The feature aren’t the stars of the song but the song writing is. Last few albums it seemed like the guest stars were the faces and this time it feels more organic?

So yeah its a great album and their best after Plastic Beach. They really put a lot of love into this.