Your favorite GRAMMY-winning animated band is back! Gorillaz announced their new album, The Now Now, will arrive June 29. Ahead of its release, the band hsa treated fans to two new songs, including "Humility," complete with a playful music video featuring rocker/comedian Jack Black.
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In the video, directed by Gorillaz' co-founder Jamie Hewlett, the cartoon characters wreak havoc on Los Angeles' world-famous Venice Beach, with singer 2D roller-skating up and down the boardwalk and other members sabotaging street basketball games and dominating at beach chess. Black shows up as the band's real-life guitarist, mimicking the song's tasty licks (played on the record by GRAMMY-winning guitar great George Benson) while interacting with the animated troublemakers.
All of the action and hijinks of the "Humility" video fit the song's funky trip-pop perfectly. Gorillaz also released a second new song from The Now Now, the lively dance-ready instrumental "Lake Zurich."
The Now Now marks the group's second full-length release in as many years, following Humanz, which was their first album since 2011. The album was produced by Gorillaz with James Ford and Remi Kabaka and recorded in February at London's Studio 13, according to Rolling Stone. Fans can pre-order the album now.
Gorillaz have also announced a brief North American tour launching on Oct. 8 in Toronto and wrapping up Oct. 20 in Los Angeles with the U.S. debut of Demon Dayz Festival. For a full list of dates and ticket information, visit their website.
