Gorillaz To Release Free New Album On Christmas

Gorillaz are set to release a new album on Christmas Day as a free download.

Damon Albarn is planning to release the record, recorded on his iPad, through his band's online advent calendar, through which he has been handing out digital goodies at Gorillaz.com since the start of this month.

His Gorillaz partner Jamie Hewlett told Australian newspaper Perth Now: "On Christmas Eve a video for one of the new songs from the iPad album will be released. Then on Christmas Day fans get the whole album downloaded to their computer for free as a gift."

Last month Albarn told NME he had recorded the album on tour and that he wanted it out before December 25.

"I wanted to make sure that it came out at the end of the tour because I don't want anyone to think I'd tampered with it," Albarn said. "If I left it until the New Year to release it then the cynics out there would say, 'Oh well, it's been tampered with'. But if I put it out now they'd know that I haven't done anything because I've been on tour ever since."

Thanks for the report to Nme.com.

Comments

[Danejerez]

I'm confused. So is this like a legit and whole album, or just an EP or something? I'm trying to gauge how excited I should be. As it is, I'm pretty stoked.

[hollow_burn]

"Those songs won't last like The Beatles' by any stretch of their imagination," he said. "They'll be forgotten in a few years' time."

That's why you shouldn't listen to gorillaz.

[EEE_ELLL_OHH]

hollow_burn wrote:

"Those songs won't last like The Beatles' by any stretch of their imagination," he said. "They'll be forgotten in a few years' time."

That's why you shouldn't listen to gorillaz.

Ummm wasn't he referring to Glee cover songs when he said that?

[ryansthewalrus]

Looks like you have to be a fan club member to get it... that ain't free.

[Nyhm]

take that, gene simmons!

[Offworld92]

Ugh. This is going to be shitty, I'll bet. I thought Plastic Beach couldn't be topped, but since this is entirely done on iPad, I'll bet it will be worse. *Shudder*

[snaaake]

hollow_burn wrote:

"Those songs won't last like The Beatles' by any stretch of their imagination," he said. "They'll be forgotten in a few years' time."

That's why you shouldn't listen to gorillaz.

Even if you knew what you were talking about (Which you don't, as E_L_O has pointed out already.) just because something won't be REMEMBERED FOREVER UNTIL THE END OF TIME doesn't mean you shouldn't indulge in it now. That's terrible logic.

[guitarninjaruy]

snaaake wrote:

hollow_burn wrote:

"Those songs won't last like The Beatles' by any stretch of their imagination," he said. "They'll be forgotten in a few years' time."

That's why you shouldn't listen to gorillaz.
Even if you knew what you were talking about (Which you don't, as E_L_O has pointed out already.) just because something won't be REMEMBERED FOREVER UNTIL THE END OF TIME doesn't mean you shouldn't indulge in it now. That's terrible logic.

+1

[FRACTUREDx2]

Looking forward to this