Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez

Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
Standard edition artwork. Deluxe edition features a pink background and a blue keyboard.
Studio album by
Released23 October 2020
RecordedOctober 2019 – May 2020[1]
Studio
Genre
Length42:55
Label
Producer
Gorillaz chronology
The Now Now
(2018)
Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
(2020)
Meanwhile EP
(2021)
Damon Albarn chronology
Egoli
(2019)
Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
(2020)
Meanwhile EP
(2021)
Singles from Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
  1. "Momentary Bliss"
    Released: 30 January 2020
  2. "Désolé"
    Released: 27 February 2020
  3. "Aries"
    Released: 9 April 2020
  4. "How Far?"
    Released: 2 May 2020
  5. "Friday 13th"
    Released: 9 June 2020
  6. "Pac-Man"
    Released: 20 July 2020
  7. "Strange Timez"
    Released: 9 September 2020
  8. "The Pink Phantom"
    Released: 1 October 2020
  9. "The Valley of the Pagans"
    Released: 5 November 2020

Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez is the seventh studio album by British virtual band Gorillaz, released on 23 October 2020 via Parlophone and Warner Records. The album was released as the culmination of Gorillaz' Song Machine project, a web series consisting of a collection of singles and music videos, dubbed "episodes" each featuring different guest artists. The album marked the return of the character Murdoc Niccals in promotional material, after his absence from The Now Now in 2018. The record received positive reviews from music critics.[3][4] Slowthai, Slaves, Fatoumata Diawara, Peter Hook, Georgia, Octavian, ScHoolboy Q, Robert Smith, Elton John, 6lack, Beck, Leee John, St. Vincent, Kano, and Roxani Arias, among others, appears as the collaborators on the album.

  1. ^ Damon Albarn, Elton John (24 October 2020). Rocket Hour (Radio). Apple Music. Well it started last October [...] Then it got to May last year, I mean May this year.
  2. ^ Condon, Dan; Shiel, Tim (27 October 2020). "Damon Albarn talks us through Gorillaz's star-studded Song Machine". Double J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Independent was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Doyle, Tom (1 December 2020). "Online releases built up into one of Gorillaz' best". Mojo. United Kingdom: Bauer. Retrieved 24 October 2021.