{"product_id":"gorillaz-song-machine-season-one-cd","title":"Gorillaz - Song Machine, Season One [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eGorillaz threw open the studio doors for Song Machine, Season One, and this CD edition gathers the 2020 project into one restless, guest-packed listen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than building a traditional album, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett released the music episode by episode, each track arriving with its own animated video and its own cast of collaborators. The finished collection plays like a mixtape from the world's most eclectic house party, with the virtual band acting as gracious, slightly chaotic hosts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe guest list is remarkable. Strange Timez brings in Robert Smith of The Cure for a gothic, glittering and slightly unhinged opener, while The Pink Phantom pairs Elton John with 6LACK over a melancholy piano ballad that should not work on paper and absolutely does. Aries features Peter Hook's unmistakable melodic bass, a nod to New Order that sounds like a long-lost synth-pop single.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen there is Désolé, a breezy, sun-dappled duet with Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara that ranks among the warmest songs in the band's catalogue, its strings and gentle groove drifting along like a summer afternoon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBouncing between genres, generations and continents, it is a vivid reminder that Gorillaz thrive on curiosity, and few acts make collaboration feel this effortless, playful and genuinely surprising.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57439084511537,"sku":"190295209421","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/Gorillaz-Song_Machine_Season_One_CD.jpg?v=1794153130","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/gorillaz-song-machine-season-one-cd","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}