Gorillaz - Demon Days: No Gorillaz fan I know had really ever been able to give me a straight answer on whether it’s mostly rap like “Feel Good Inc.” or mostly Damon Albarn singing, tending to lead toward the former, so I sort of avoided them because I can’t stand the rap portions of that song. Well, figured I’d finally get around to it, and, what do you know, only a few songs have rapping on them. I wasn’t blown away by the album, I do feel like a lot of musical creativity and potential was sort of squandered, but it’s a really good, solid album nonetheless. “O Green World” was the first sign of “oh wow” for me, and “Dirty Harry” was the first potential “oh wow” that was ruined by average rap in it. The only song I thought had solid rapping was “All Alone”, which actually benefited from it while still being interesting musically.
Those out of the way, I also liked the odd jazziness of “Every Planet We Reach Is Dead”, the prettiness of “El Mañana”, the funness of “Dare” and the nice, light, pleasant darkness of “Don’t Get Lost in Heaven”. All that being said, I absolutely freaking love “White Light”. It is, hands-down, my favourite track. It’s weird, interesting and absolutely wonderful. It is just…I don’t know, it’s just the closest to amazing they get for me. It’s seriously, well, amazing.