Full details have been released concerning the upcoming release of the third Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach. The album will hit on March 8th (9th in North America). The first single is “Stylo” and will be available for purchase on the 26th. It can be heard right now over at YouTube or the official Gorillaz site. “Stylo” features Mos Def and Bobby Womack on vocals. I’m really digging this one, it’s got a funky disco vibe going on.
The ’story’ of the virtual band’s characters is described like this:
The band have taken up residence, recording on a secret floating island deep in the South Pacific, a Plastic Beach HQ, made up of the detritus, debris and washed up remnants of humanity. This Plastic Beach is the furthest point from any landmass on Earth; the most deserted spot on the planet.
There are also three little trailers for the album up at the Gorillaz YouTube channel. They feature looks at the so-called Plastic Beach along with some tunes which may or may not be elements from the album itself. Could these clips be any sort of hint at the style of any of the album’s accompanying
Full tracklist and corresponding featured artists after the jump:
- Orchestral Intro (ft. Sinfonia ViVA)
- Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach (ft. Snoop Dogg and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)
- White Flag (ft. Kano, Bashy, and the National Orchestra for Arabic Music)
- Rhinestone Eyes
- Stylo (ft. Bobby Womack and Mos Def)
- Superfast Jellyfish (ft. Gruff Rhys and De La Soul)
- Empire Ants (ft. Little Dragon)
- Glitter Freeze (ft. Mark E Smith)
- Some Kind Of Nature (ft. Lou Reed)
- On Melancholy Hill
- Broken
- Sweepstakes (ft. Mos Def and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)
- Plastic Beach (ft. Mick Jones and Paul Simonon)
- To Binge (ft. Little Dragon)
- Cloud of Unknowing (ft. Bobby Womack and Sinfonia ViVA)
- Pirate Jet
