Albarn, Danger Mouse Reveal Gorillaz LP Info

Their sophomore offering-- co-produced by Mr. Mouse and Albarn himself-- is purported to be a smidgen more menacing than the band's cheeky self-titled 2001 debut. Keeping that in mind, who does dark better than Speed/Waterworld/Blue Velvet villian Dennis Hopper? Yes, it would seem that the Hop takes a turn at spoken-word on the record, although he's not the only guest over the course of the 15-track animated romp, as do the London Community Gospel Choir, De La Soul, Ike Turner, the Happy Mondays' Shaun Ryder (the fat one in 24 Hour Party People), Roots Manuva, and the masked wonder MF Doom, who Danger Mouse has worked closely with in the past-- all of whom crash the pixilated party. Unfortunately, the band couldn't be reached for comment, but over at its official unofficial fansite, a small interview with 2-D and Noodle went something like this:

Noodle: The soul of the recording can't avoid being a manifestation of the time, climate and location of the place we were in when it was recorded. Consequently the colours are rich, dark and heavy while the rhythms are clean, strategic and relentless. It has a consciousness to it.

2-D: Like someone has taken the first album and coloured it in.

So, there you go. Tracklist:

01 Intro
02 Last Living Souls
03 Kids With Guns
04 O Green World
05 Dirty Harry
06 Feel Good Inc.
07 El Manana
08 Every Planet We Reach Is Dead
09 November Has Come
10 All Alone
11 White Light
12 DARE
13 Fire Coming Out of a Monkey's Head
14 Don't Get Lost in Heaven
15 Demon Days

Gorillaz: http://www.thegorillaz.com/