Listen Now: Gorillaz Release New Cut from ‘Cracker Island,’ “Silent Running” with Adeleye Omotayo

Listen Now: Gorillaz Release New Cut from ‘Cracker Island,’ “Silent Running” with Adeleye Omotayo

Today, Gorillaz dropped their latest track, “Silent Running,” with the longtime friend and collaborator Adeleye Omotayo, from their much anticipated LP Cracker Island, out Feb. 24. The release marks the fifth song from the LP following “Skinny Ape,” “Baby Queen,” “New Gold” featuring tame impala and Bootie Brown and the LP’s title track which features Thundercat.

According to a press release, the track was the first Gorillaz worked on with producer Greg Kurstin at his studio in Los Angeles off the upcoming offering. Gorillaz’s Damon Albarn described the track as having “that sort of mesmerizing dreamlike state you get in when you’re just following some train of thought.”

“Sometimes I get well lost and end up in the wrong place but then it turns out that’s where I was meant to be going anyway,” said Gorillaz’s animated frontman 2D.

“Silent Running” will also be paired with an official music video created by Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett, though the release date for the video has yet to be announced. However, the video did get a short teaser trailer and seems to involve the occult in the Hollywood Hills.

Listen to “Silent Running” and enjoy the teaser trailer for the video for “Silent Running” below.

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