Gorillaz demon days album popularity article

Even slower, more ruminative numbers like вЂњEl MananaвЂќ and вЂњOn Melancholy HillвЂќ increased the excitement of the crowd, all unified in their appreciation and love of these songs. The set did take a while to pick up the pace and really kick in but after guest rappers De La Soul joined the band on stage for a rendition of вЂњSuperfast JellyfishвЂќ, the momentum could not be stopped. While these lesser known songs were enjoyable and introduced me to some new music, I could tell that the large crowd were eager to jump and mosh to something that they could recognize. This made for quite a dark and ominous opening. The former song opened with the anxious chant вЂњhello? is anyone there?!вЂќ, while the latter included Albarn continually repeating the lyric, вЂњare we the last living souls?вЂќ. Led by former Blur front man Damon Albarn, the band started playing one of their deeper cuts, вЂњM1 A1вЂќ, followed by вЂњLast Living SoulsвЂќ, the opening song from their seminal album вЂњDemon DaysвЂќ. The Gorillaz walked on the stage (or their ostensible real life counterparts since, technically, the band is animated and purely two dimensional). Once the stadium had filled up the lights dimmed. On the screen behind the stage only one word could be seen in dark red Gorillaz.

Upon entry to the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, on a cold Scottish winter night, the venue was filled with smoke that permeated through the pounding dub reggae playing over the stereo system.

Written by Josh Lambie вЂ“ Student Pages Student Writer

Gorillaz demon days album popularity article