July 10th, 2010

The story behind the conception of Gorillaz is one of the most natural and wonderful things to have happened in music since Noel Gallagher reached for a disused guitar lying around his childhood home. It’s the tale of two blokes sat on a sofa watching MTV, deciding everything was shit, getting up and doing something about it by creating fictional pop star characters backed with real, finely crafted, brilliant pop music. On Melancholy Hill boasts the aforementioned qualities, and over ten years since the Gorillaz dream was born, they’ve cemented their position as British pop royalty.