Phil Cornwell is Murdoc Niccals

Yep, Gorillaz are releasing a new album and it features the familiar voice of Phil Cornwell as Murdoc Niccals. The record, the band’s first LP in six years, will be titled ‘Humanz’ and released on April 28. The band have aired four new songs from it already, ‘Saturnz Barz’, ‘Andromeda’, ‘We Got The Power’ and ‘Ascension’, and played the album in full at a London gig last Friday.

As well as Blur frontman Damon Albarn and collaborator Jamie Hewlett, guests on the record include Grace Jones, De La Soul, Savages’ Jehnny Beth, Danny Brown, Pusha T, Mavis Staples, Kali Uchis, Kelela, Vince Staples, DRAM, Popcaan, Jamie Principle, Kilo Kish, Anthony Hamilton, Peven Everett, and Zebra Katz. It was already known that Benjamin Clementine appears on the record.

Speaking on Radio 1, Albarn said that the album is “a party record, club record”.