The seventh studio album from the Damon Albarn-fronted virtual band Gorillaz, Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez pulls together the group's series of "Song Machine" singles. With a heavy focus on collaboration, the project offers feature work from artists including Elton John, Beck, Kano, and St. Vincent, dipping into genres from punk to hip-hop over its 42-minute runtime.
Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez is the upcoming seventh studio album by British virtual band Gorillaz, set to be released on 23 October 2020. The album is released as part of the Gorillaz Song Machine project, a web series consisting of a collection of singles and music videos, dubbed "episodes" each featuring different guest artists. It has incorporated a wide range of genres, thus far including punk rock, bossa nova, synth-pop, electronic, and downtempo. The album marked the return of the character Murdoc Niccals in promotional material, after his absence from The Now Now in 2018.
Gorillaz started the year with Episode 1 - ‘Momentary Bliss ft. slowthai and Slaves’ - of Song Machine, a whole new concept from one of the most innovative bands around. Now, six episodes in, Noodle, 2D, Murdoc and Russel have visited Morocco and Paris, London and Lake Como, as well as travelling all the way to the moon, and Gorillaz is ready to bring you the full collection titled Song Machine: Season One - Strange Timez, out on 23rd October 2020.