Demon Days is part two of what will undoubtedly be an ongoing romp into the absurd, except that Albarn will rarely be chastized for such obvious self-indulgence after all, heвЂ™s just writing parts for his characters, right?Д®ven given all of the above, however, there is a major difference between AlbarnвЂ™s first attempt at avant-pop-via-cartoon and his second. ItвЂ™s why he can have an entire album of vocal tracks without ever feeling constrained by the necessity of writing anything with a вЂњdeeper meaningвЂќ. ItвЂ™s why he can pen a volcanic little fantasy and get Dennis Hopper to read it on one of the deeper tracks on that same album. ItвЂ™s why he can crib the entire verse melody of U2вЂ™s вЂњStaring at the SunвЂќ and use it for the chorus on his albumвЂ™s lead single. Taken to a higher level, what 2DвЂ™s public display of the goods proves is that Albarn can do whatever the hell he damn well pleases as Gorillaz, while not necessarily taking responsibility for any of it. ItвЂ™s the ultimate display of вЂњI donвЂ™t give a fuckвЂќ, and I have this feeling that Albarn was just a little bit giddy that Gorillaz uber-illustrator Jamie Hewlett could draw AlbarnвЂ™s closest illustrated counterpart letting it all hang out. ThereвЂ™s a pic in the Demon Days press pack - freely available on the website, if you can find it - that features lead cartoon vocalist 2D with his (pardon the term) wang visibly hanging right out of his pants. All right, so eight-year-old guitarist Noodle is kinda bubbly and cute, but none of GorillazвЂ™ members could possibly be called anything close to mentally stable (if there is such a thing for a cartoon) - even Noodle is fighting her past as a member of a junior fighting militia. Gorillaz are, as you likely know, a four-piece cartoon band made up of some of the more unsavory characters ever to come out of the dark depths of the animated underworld and unleash their music upon an unsuspecting public. HereвЂ™s why Gorillaz are very likely the best thing to ever happen to Damon Albarn:

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