Dig into this week’s Saturday Alternative playlist! The Fitting Room album was The Now Now by Gorillaz, out now on Warner Bros.
Considering the 7 year gap between 2010’s The Fall and last year’s Humanz, it came as a big surprise when Damon Albarn announced that a new Gorillaz album was on the way – but here we are now, with The Now Now. The new collection features it’s fair share of collaborators – James Ford of Simian Mobile Disco co-produced, Snoop Dog and Jamie Principle guest on a track, Blur bandmate Graham Coxon plays guitar on another – but in comparison to Humanz and most other Gorillaz albums for that matter, The Now Now resembles more of a Damon Albarn solo album. It sounds like Albarn cutting loose and having fun exploring sounds, melodies, themes and ideas on his own, and that makes for an exciting and refreshing listen all the way through – especially for those of us who enjoy hearing 2-D take the lead from time to time.
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Los Lonely Girls – Sweet Spirit
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A Trick of the Light – Villagers
Raindrop Blue – King Tuff – The Other
No Going Back – Yuno
Deli Run – Ava Luna – Moon 2
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Love the Way You Are – Yukon Blonde – Critical Hit
Cry On Me – Chappo – Do It
Leave It In My Dreams – The Voidz – Virtue
Peach – Slothrust
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C – Oh Sees – Smote Reverser
Enter Entirely – Cloud Nothings – Life Without Sound
Happiness Reigns – Cullen Omori – The Diet
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You’re Not Wrong – Wet – Still Run
War Paint – Frankie Simone
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Wolfbite – Bat Fangs – Bat Fangs
Cool – Soccer Mommy – Clean
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Ache – Trevor Powers – Mulberry Violence
The Wandering Star – Saintseneca
Black Lagoon – Still Corners – Slow Air
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Jewels Drossed in the Runoff – Wild Pink – Yolk in the Fur
There’s A Light – Jonathan Wilson – Rare Birds
The Deconstruction – Eels – The Deconstruction
Salvation – Tash Sultana
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When The Record Skips – T. Hardy Morris – Dude, The Obscure
Six Wave Hold-Down – Hot Snakes – Jericho Sirens
Soldier – Death By Unga Bunga – So Far So Good So Cool
Don’t Leave It In Our Hands – The Essex Green – Hardly Electronic
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Nobody – Mitski – Be The Cowboy
Phantom / Island – Hearts Hearts – Goods / Gods
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Secret of Life – Lord Huron – Vide Noir
The Rover – Interpol – Marauder
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Electric – Clara Nova – The Golden Age EP
Soul No. 5 – Caroline Rose
Is It Real? – Together PANGEA – Bulls and Roosters
Paradise – The Blank Tapes – Candy
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—–FITTING ROOM—-
Humility – Gorillaz – The Now Now
Tranz – Gorillaz – The Now Now
Magic City – Gorillaz – The Now Now
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Bellarine – Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Hope Downs
Summertime – Field Report – Summertime Songs
Voices in the Field – Calexico – The Thread That Keeps Us
Stick – Ovlov – Tru
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Heaven Only Knows – Bob Moses
