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Screen shot 2017 12 19 at 11 23 13 pm
Screen shot 2017 12 19 at 11 23 13 pm

Gorillaz Plan on Releasing a New Album Next Year

New Gorillaz music is a good

It took the Gorillaz six years to release their latest album, Humanz, which dropped back in March. Turns out we won't have to wait long for the next one.

Gorillaz illustrator Jamie Hewlett recently was interviewed by a German publishing company called TASCHEN. During the interview Hewlett revealed that the band is gearing up to release another album next years.

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Hewlett said:

"Were working on another Gorillaz album that were going to be releasing next year...Usually we have a good five-year break between each album but we decided, You know what? Lets keep going. Because theres ideas for a few more albums so were going to go straight into that. So that will be all of next year and probably the year beyond that.

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That's exciting news. considering that this year not only did we get a new album, we got a massive United States tour from the group.

Listen to the entire interview below. (The album remarks come around the 10 minute mark.)