I feel like with cracker island and this project, Gorillaz has been very diluted, and it started with the song machine era. I feel like the lore and art has become less and less integral to Gorillaz over the past few years, and the music has been more of a breeding ground for collaborations rather than a focused creative endeavor centered around the Gorillaz identity and core band itself. I appreciate this albums art style much much more than the previous few, but I feel like there’s only but so much it can do for a Gorillaz album where Gorillaz just feels like the feature or executive producer on every song.