This is Michael Mixerr. Today I will review Gorillaz - Humanz.
After a 6 to 7 year long hiatus, the virtual band Gorillaz is back with a new funky quirky futuristic sounding album ahead of the times. However the Gorillaz band seems to have strayed away from their original rock roots and electronic rock by having dabbled into experimenting with electronic music altogether. This Gorillaz album has more of an electronic music sound than any of their other albums as it seems the band has strayed away from their rock roots. The album suits the digital era in a witty way. The album does have its unusual wild odd moments. But nevertheless, this Gorillaz album undoubtedly is going to become a bestseller online and offline.
Those who are longtime hardcore Gorillaz fans are going to be disappointed with thee band as they strayed far away from their rock roots. Most of the songs on this Gorillaz album is inaudible. Their vocabulary is rather lagging. For some reason the band has chosen usage of small simple words. Several songs here turns into directionless muttering inaudible to the ears. For example the Saturn Barz song. Sleeping Power, We Got The Power, and Andromeda are the only good songs of this album. To sum it all up, the Gorillaz are not the same band they once were from decades ago. Their ideas and album concepts have changed over the years. The album is lackluster at best.
Saturn Barz has an industrial techno sound. Lyrics in this Gorillaz song are inaudible. The only understandable verse is "all my life". Their vocabulary used here is terrible. In all honesty, the auto tune is way too much. It seems that this albums budget had gone to the Saturn Barz music video and song. Gorillaz and their record company promoted Saturn Barz more so than any other song off the Humanz album.
Sleeping Powder is Rehash revisited as Sleeping Powder has the same hazy offbeat humor as Rehash from their debut album. Sleeping Powder is 2D's solo song. The electric harpsichord at the beginning fits in perfectly smooth with this song. Acoustic arrangements are perfect. An electric swing is added to the mix. Overall Sleeping Powder is a good song.
Andromeda seems to have incorporated the sound of dance music. The dance song is rather upbeat. The song itself seems to be a Gorillaz posse cut for this album. Nevertheless Andromeda has a positive vibe to it.
Carnival is an Anthony Hamilton inspired track. His work and sound are all over it. The sound is so esoteric and upbeat compared to some of the other tracks on the Humanz album.
We Got The Power is an upbeat song that seems to be revisiting 19/2000 from their debut album. We Got The Power seems to revisit the songs Re-Hash, 19/2000, and 5/4 in particular. The song has the same hazy goofy humor as the songs Re-Hash and 19/2000.
I rate this album, Humanz, 2/5**.
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