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The new Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach, is being released today to mixed reviews. The group has disappointed some of its longer-time fans—and pleased others—but the likely reason for the more somber tone in some of the new tracks is totally legitimate: the album is inspired by the plastic pollution that is taking over the world's oceans.
The band's headquarters in Plastic Beach is a tropical island created by plastic pollution and industrial waste—inspired by Gorillaz founder (and Blur member) Damon Albarn's trips to Mali and Britain, and his observations of landfills and how waste is dealt with in both places.
Though the messages carried in the music are a bit vague, Plastic Beach communicates both a sense of caution about the damage we're inflicting on the world's ecosystems, as well as a message of hope and faith in our ability to restore the health of the planet.
Have a listen, and maybe cut down on the amount of plastic in your life. So our real beaches don't turn into real plastic beaches.
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