Gorillaz The Mountain Album Review Record Collector Magazine The animated band’s ninth album gathers collaborators both living and departed for a characteristically audacious monument to grief, india, and archival memory. Universal acclaim based on 24 critic reviews. the mountain is gorillaz’s best album since 2010’s plastic beach. it’s ambitious, kaleidoscopic, thematically cohesive and packed with the kind of bruised melodies that cement the blur frontman’s status as the bard of middle aged melancholia.
The Mountain álbum De Gorillaz En Apple Music Damon albarn and jamie hewlett’s cartoon band mark 25 years with an album inspired by india and shaped by loss, featuring collaborators living and dead. “you know, the hardest thing is to say goodbye to someone you love,” croons damon albarn on gorillaz ’s richly expansive ninth album, the mountain. Amid grief from gorillaz co creators damon albarn and jamie hewlett losing their fathers and the unstable reality of politics globally, the band’s ninth album, the mountain, is a complex and moving 15 track sonic journey that explores personal and societal distress. On their ninth album, damon albarn and jamie hewlett acutely tackle their own experiences of mortality. the result is something unexpectedly beautiful.
Gorillaz Announce New Album The Mountain Northern Transmissions Amid grief from gorillaz co creators damon albarn and jamie hewlett losing their fathers and the unstable reality of politics globally, the band’s ninth album, the mountain, is a complex and moving 15 track sonic journey that explores personal and societal distress. On their ninth album, damon albarn and jamie hewlett acutely tackle their own experiences of mortality. the result is something unexpectedly beautiful. Ah! ah! hi everyone, backthony packtano here, the internet's busiest music nerd, and it's time for a review of this new gorillaz album, the mountain. here we have the newest full length album from legendary virtual band gorillaz, co founded by producer, singer, songwriter damon albarn of blur fame, as well as animator illustrator jamie hewlett, almost 30 years ago at this point. and the. The impact of the mountain rests on the fact that obvious sentiments are void of meaning except when they feel extremely profound – and since jackson has plumbed the depths of grief on her debut album, it’s no surprise she can relay it in simpler poetry here. The mountain pulls from many places but feels cohesive in a way recent gorillaz albums have not. indian classical music forms the backbone, with sitar player anoushka shankar appearing on five tracks and giving the album a clear identity. 25 years of gorillaz, and they’re still reaching new heights. the stunning, globetrotting world of their ninth album the mountain is a moving, culturally and musically rich confrontation of death, and one of 2026’s best releases so far.
Gorillaz Announce New Album The Mountain Live4ever Media Ah! ah! hi everyone, backthony packtano here, the internet's busiest music nerd, and it's time for a review of this new gorillaz album, the mountain. here we have the newest full length album from legendary virtual band gorillaz, co founded by producer, singer, songwriter damon albarn of blur fame, as well as animator illustrator jamie hewlett, almost 30 years ago at this point. and the. The impact of the mountain rests on the fact that obvious sentiments are void of meaning except when they feel extremely profound – and since jackson has plumbed the depths of grief on her debut album, it’s no surprise she can relay it in simpler poetry here. The mountain pulls from many places but feels cohesive in a way recent gorillaz albums have not. indian classical music forms the backbone, with sitar player anoushka shankar appearing on five tracks and giving the album a clear identity. 25 years of gorillaz, and they’re still reaching new heights. the stunning, globetrotting world of their ninth album the mountain is a moving, culturally and musically rich confrontation of death, and one of 2026’s best releases so far.
Gorillaz Announce New Album The Mountain Share New Song Featuring The mountain pulls from many places but feels cohesive in a way recent gorillaz albums have not. indian classical music forms the backbone, with sitar player anoushka shankar appearing on five tracks and giving the album a clear identity. 25 years of gorillaz, and they’re still reaching new heights. the stunning, globetrotting world of their ninth album the mountain is a moving, culturally and musically rich confrontation of death, and one of 2026’s best releases so far.
The Mountain Gorillaz
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