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This one could be controversial. To really get Gorillaz, you need to remember, to never forget that the band has a comic artist as a member. And not just any comic artist. Jamie Hewlett. I've always loved Hewlett. I first came across his work in 2000ad some seventeen years ago and from the Gorillaz videos and Tank Girl comics I've seen, his style hasn't changed, which is an excellent thing.

Hewlett is quirky, jagged, with an eye for life which is, well, let's say different.

And when a quirky comic artist forms a band with a quirky musician, it's pretty inevitable that Gorillaz will emerge.

Now one mistake that people will make with Gorillaz is to ignore the visuals. They'll even go to see them in concert! Could there be a bigger way of missing the point?

To listen to the album, you have to have some Hewlett Artwork in front of you, you have to at least visualise the band in a Hewlett-esque setting, or you're cutting out a member of the band. Imagine listening to Metallica without Lars Ulrich, or White Stripes without Meg.

Demon Days wins over the debut album in one important aspect. I can listen to it. I tried again and again to listen to the other one, but failed each time. It just doesn't work without the video presentation there. 19/2000 is a great music video, but a shit song. Clint Eastwood gets a little wearing on the radio, but I can watch it over and over.

In the same way, Feel Good Inc. is a great visual experience, but disappears into the noise of the album.

Thing is, this time, it's a good noise. Yes, more of the same, but this time - call it watered down, call it hackneyed, call it more commercial, but I call it, well, not better but more accessible.

My god, another keeper - but I might get the DVD instead.