Damon Albarn has reacted to Noel Gallagher‘s supply to “sprinkle” some “northern magic” on Gorillaz.
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Whereas the pair had been famously Britpop rivals all through the ’90s, they’ve since develop into mates and Gallagher contributed backing vocals to Gorillaz’ 2017 monitor ‘We Bought The Energy’ that includes Jehnny Beth.
Final month, the previous the Oasis singer-songwriter then advised that he may see them working collectively once more throughout an interview with Radio X.
“Yeah, me and him get on nice. I like his band. I do know most of his band,” Gallagher mentioned when requested if he had plans to work with the Blur frontman once more.
“The Gorillaz, it’s a cool factor to be concerned with since you get to satisfy numerous actually cool…I imply I met De La Soul at their gigs and Mos Def and the way he places all of it collectively is de facto fairly unbelievable. You’ve gotten a great time doing it.”
He added: “If he wants me, I’ll sprinkle a little bit of Northern magic for him.”
Noel Gallagher on working once more with Damon: “If he wants me, I would sprinkle a little bit of Northern magic on it for him” 😊 (through @RadioX) pic.twitter.com/bRG4bvL694
— Damon Albarn Unofficial (@DamonUnofficial) January 20, 2023
After Albarn was performed the interview clip by the radio station, he recalled bumping into Gallagher when he was in much less good spirits.
“The final time I really noticed Noel was in Porto after the Champions League recreation and I used to be going to get my automotive and he was ready for his automotive and he wasn’t notably happy to see me on that event,” he joked.
“However I imply, cor blimey, how our fortunes have modified within the interim,” he continued. “I’m, positive he’d love to speak to me about soccer now.”
“I like Noel,” he added. “I like him. He’s nice.”
Albarn went on: “In the event you permit your self to be open to something and don’t be treasured about it, you is usually a nice collaborator.
“I imply, that’s the essence of it. Simply accepting that issues change, circumstances change, songs change.”
The Blur singer beforehand described his collaboration with Gallagher on ‘We Bought The Energy’ as a “victory lap” and “the final word self-congratulatory Britpop second”.
Gorillaz new album, ‘Cracker Island’ got here out final month, described in a four-star overview from NME as “standard, however richly satisfying”.
In the meantime, as we speak (March 8) Gallagher shared a “spacey” Robert Smith remix of Excessive Flying Birds‘ ‘Fairly Boy’.
