Gorillaz, Plastic Beach - "Cloud of Unknowing"
Plastic Beach is the third album project released by Gorillaz creator Damon Albarn. It is a departure from the character driven sound which brought the Gorillaz out on to the music scene. This project is a compilation of featured artist. "Cloud of Unknowing", features Bobby Womack and Sinfonia ViVA. It is a slow beautiful introspective moment found within the album. Julia Stone, The Memory Machine - "Catastrophe"
Known mostly for musical partnership with her brother Angus, Julia is breaking away with the debut of her own solo album. This Aussie has a fragility in her voice that contrasts beautifully with a darkness in her songs. "Catastrophe" is instrumentally one of the more upbeat songs that gives a nice break in tone to the middle of the album. Although the name of the song and lyrics surround a doomed situation between two people, I find there is a unique sense of hope that quietly emerges from the song.
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