Damon Albarn: “The falsetto of the first album was linked to drugs”

Damon Albarntogether with his partner in Gorillaz, Jamie Hewlett He was interviewed by Rolling Stone, among other things he said that the falsetto present in the debut album of Gorillaz He was “certainly related” to the drugs he took at the time.

The band, composed, as well as by Albarn and Hewlett, also by the bassist Murdoc Niccalsfrom the 2D singer, from the drummer Russel Hobbs and by the guitarist Noodlehe is in these days engaged in four concerts at the Copper Box Arena in London to celebrate his 25th anniversary of the group.

In the first of these concerts, that of 29 August, i Gorillaz they performed the first album in full, “Gorillaz” (Read the review here) of 2001. In this regard Damon Albarn He joked saying he could not believe he had reached the falsetto on the disc. “That first disc has a crazy amount of falsetto, certainly linked to the drugs I took. I was a much more irresponsible human being. I played notes that I didn’t think I would be more able to play.”

This year Albarn has also anticipated the release of a new album of Gorillazstopped to “Cracker Island” (Read the review here), released in 2023, suggesting that it will be released later in 2025. “I am finishing a new album of the Gorillaz. A work and a new album of the Gorillaz seem enough for me for 2025,” he told the French magazine Les InRockUPTIBS. “Unless someone accuses me of giving up my grip!”.