{"id":803812,"date":"2020-02-04T14:54:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T21:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=947733"},"modified":"2020-02-04T14:54:15","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T21:54:15","slug":"damon-albarn-talks-new-gorillaz-songs-raging-against-brexit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/damon-albarn-talks-new-gorillaz-songs-raging-against-brexit\/","title":{"rendered":"Damon Albarn Talks New Gorillaz Songs, \u2018Raging Against\u2019 Brexit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/damon-albarn.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/damon-albarn\">Damon Albarn<\/a> called into Apple Music\u2019s ALT CTRL for a chat about his latest song for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/gorillaz\/\">Gorillaz<\/a>, \u201cMomentary Bliss.\u201d The track features instrumentation from the punk band Slaves and a verse from&nbsp; leftfield U.K. rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/slowthai\/\" id=\"auto-tag_slowthai\" data-tag=\"slowthai\">Slowthai<\/a>, and was released as part of Gorillaz\u2019s <em>Slow Machine<\/em> video series. The series features a different track with new guest artists per episode.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Slowthai] is a kindred spirit,\u201d Albarn said. \u201cYou need to work with kindred spirits, people who are really in the same pocket as you are, about worldview and emotion. That\u2019s something where you have to kind of go on instinct, because you can listen to people\u2019s music and be an admirer from afar, but until you\u2019re actually in the room with each other, you really know whether there\u2019s gonna be any kind of connection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Albarn revealed that he has so far taped six episodes of&nbsp;<em>Slow Machine<\/em>; on Instagram, he\u2019s hinted at collaborations with Schoolboy Q, Sampa the Great and Tame Impala.<\/p>\n<p>Albarn also addressed the recent political tides in Britain \u2013 Brexit was finalized over the weekend \u2013 and how Gorillaz has been combating political conservatism with its music. \u201cWe\u2019ve been raging against [Brexit] for three years, and in the end, it was such an emphatic vote to leave that there\u2019s an element of betrayal and disappointment and sadness,\u201d he said. \u201cBut we all just have to move on from it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\">\n<h3> Popular on Rolling Stone <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/damon-albarn-gorillaz-momentary-bliss-slowthai-slaves-apple-947733\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damon Albarn called into Apple Music\u2019s ALT CTRL for a chat about his latest song for Gorillaz, \u201cMomentary Bliss.\u201d The track features instrumentation from the punk band Slaves and a verse from&nbsp; leftfield U.K. rapper Slowthai, and was released as part of Gorillaz\u2019s Slow Machine video series. 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