Gorillaz return with The Mountain, a 15-track release built around a remarkably wide guest list. Dennis Hopper, Anoushka Shankar, Tony Allen, Johnny Marr, Black Thought, IDLES, Sparks and Omar Souleyman all appear, alongside names from several corners of pop, rock and hip hop. The credits suggest a record more interested in collisions than a fixed band setup, with recurring voices and players giving different tracks their own pull.
There’s a clear London connection in Gorillaz themselves, active since 2000, but the collaborators take the music well beyond one scene. Shankar and the Bangash brothers appear across several songs, Marr turns up repeatedly, and the final stretch brings in Asha Bhosle, Gruff Rhys, Paul Simonon and Yasiin Bey. That makes The Mountain a natural pick for anyone drawn to Gorillaz’s guest-heavy approach, especially listeners who like alternative pop with hip hop at its centre and plenty of unexpected names around it. Kong is listed for both copyright and publishing credits. The release is paid, with FLAC, ALAC and WAV alongside MP3, plus cassette, CD and two vinyl LPs.
