Gorillaz Reveal Short Film To Announce New Album 'Humanz'

(Radio.com) After registering 26 new songs earlier this week, Gorillaz officially announced their forthcoming album "Humanz" will be released on April 28th and they previewed some of the tracks with a new short film.

Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett worked with an array of big names, including Vince Staples, Pusha T, Grace Jones, Mavis Staples, De La Soul, Danny Brown, Carly Simon, D.R.A.M., Popcaan, Kelela, Jamie Principle, Kilo Kish, Kali Uchis, Anthony Hamilton, Peven Everett, and Zebra Katz. In January, they released their collaboration with UK singer Benjamin Clementine, "Hallelujah Money."

To accompanying today's announcement the group released a six-minute animated film which features portions of four new tracks: "Saturnz Barz" in full, plus portions of "Ascension" featuring Vince Staples, "Andromeda" featuring D.R.A.M. and "We Got The Power," which features Jehnny Beth. Check out the new music and visuals from Gorillaz here.

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