New Gorillaz On The Way

All signs are pointing to new music from animated band Gorillaz by the end of the month with a new album released sometime before the end of March. Did you just feel your nipples get firm? Me too.

To be honest I thought another Gorilliaz album was out of the question just a few years ago when mastermind behind the successful animated experiment Damon Albarn said that 2-D, Murdoc, Noodles and Russel were to be retired (read the article here).

Well apparently someone stopped feeding Albarn crazy pills because he's been hard at work on new material for his cartoon brainchild since September of 2008. Initial reports had the album, officially dubbed Plastic Beach, coming out in March of 2009. Needless to say nothing ever materialized.

Only 3 demos have seen the light of day. Albarn appeared on Radio 1 in Great Britain a year ago to play a trio of tunes titled "Electric Shock", "Broken" and "Stylo" (you can here all 3 demos below).

Now it appears that the ball is rolling once again. EMI, the band's label, said a new Gorillaz record would hit shelves before the end of the fiscal year - that being late March. The website All Access has listed "Stylo" as the first single from Plastic Beach with a release date of January 26th. A countdown on Gorillaz.com also coincides with that date. Ain't that a cowinkydink?

Rumored to appear on the album are the likes of Mos Def, Snoop Dogg, Lou Reed and Barry Gibb of The Bee Gees. A colorful cast of characters indeed.

Q Magazine has reported that the album will drop March 8th. We can only hope.