Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

As Michael James Hall observed after witnessing the Gorillaz live circus at London’s O2 last month, they just don’t make ‘em like Damon Albarn any more. Once again leaving very few pages in his contacts book untouched, the one-time indie messiah got his virtual gang together again this year and made an album that’s more than capable of withstanding inevitable comparisons to 2005’s sublime Demon Days. As daring and innovative as you might expect, Plastic Beach is also, well, a bit of a blast. We’d wager that even Mark E. Smith must have had a good time helping out!