Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
Genre: Hip-hop, Alternative rock, Pop music, Electronic music
Release year: 2010
Gorillaz is another of one of my all-time favorite bands!! I discoverd them in my mid-teens shockingly enough. I was always familiar with the fictional characters on the surface level. I used to find the art style odd or scary when I was younger. However, when I got older and allowed myself to look them up and listen to them more, I became a fan of their entire discography tbqh.So much of the music is comforting to me in more ways than just soothing me to sleep at times. It honestly opened the door for me to listen to more hip-hop. The more I listened to them, the more of the world I could see. I honestly feel like this band broadended my perspective of the music world.
It's hard to pick a favorite album, and even harder to pick a damn song!! Damon's collaborations always kicked so much ass. However, I think I'm drawn to this album due to the beach theme. I love water oh so much. Even if the theme of the album is pollution of the oceans lol.
The music of this band felt like I was sitting at some sort of cookout of mixed cultures, hanging with people who were different than me and listening to their stories and struggles. I hold all of their albums close to my heart, as they are lovely time-capsules of nice music from different time periods in the beginning of the 2000s.