Alright... forget Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Tonight... I'm doing Entertainment Now. This will be my periodic look at what I think is entertainment, in the moment, whether that be music, movies, games, or anything else. Now that I've introduced it, off we go into the world of Entertainment Now!
Gorillaz -- Demon DaysNow, I'm listening to the Gorillaz new album, "Demon Days". You can follow the link above to get to it in the iTunes Music Store, The music is excellent, for a band that assembled more as a joking experiment than something serious. This time out, the sound is a bit different. In their first, self titled, album, they often ventured into a sound that could border on something less serious than most musicians would go for. This time around though, the sound has matured, and the group feels more an entity, rather than the sum of its parts. The smooth flows in "Every Planet We Reach is Dead" give way to the high energy iPod loving bass riffs in "Feel Good Inc." This then gives way to what sounds like Dennis Hopper narrating "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head", a bizarre tale about the Happy Folk and the Strange Folk, and a whole set of other tracks that put you on a path through the aural experience of the group. All of these different pieces represent various sounds, different evolutions of the Gorillaz that could almost be enjoyed by any fan of modern music. The songs themselves stand out on their own, and I've found that they can be enjoyed in any order, without the key flow that some sets require these days. I feel that these tracks each survive as singles, and could be enjoyed as such. It's a good spot to get a fun fix if you need one every now and then, and don't feel like buying a whole album at a time. Definitely a good ride, and I hope the group decides to keep evolving as they have here.
