Evolution of the Gorillaz - Enough Space on His Phone (And the Box Art Is Also Pretty)

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Zac Gorman ’19

Zac Gorman, AKA Gac, is an aspiring ﬁlm buff. Ever since his childhood he has always appreciated a good movie. He is rumored to be one of the last human beings who still collects DVDs—there just isn't Evolution of the Gorillaz - enough space on his phone (and the box art is also pretty). Zac Gorman His skills include: Star Wars It might not seem like it, but the Gorillaz have been around for trivia, and wearing Hawaiian nearly 17 years. But for seven of those years, no album was shirts even though it's not even made—until now of course. Their long-awaited album is set to summer yet. release on April 28, and while I can't actually review their full album, they've been so generous to give us a few singles that will be included on the Humanz album.

From the five songs we get to work with, the album proves it's worth with variety amongst each song. Gorillaz has always been experimental with their music, partnering up with other artists to genre-bend with electronic music. The previews songs include "Saturn Barz," "Andromeda," "Ascension," "We Got The Power," and "Let Me Out." All songs range from reggae to the more familiar hip-hop/electronic sounds of their albums of long ago. Chances are good that if you don't enjoy one song

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from the album, you'll probably prefer another one. Daniel Bolding ’20

The first song on the album is “Saturn Barz,” which was released along with a music video for the song. The video, titled "Spirit House,” pays tribute to the classic weirdness of their original music videos, like “Clint Eastwood,” “19-2000,” etc. After listening to the sample songs we were given, and watching the videos, I believe the album should please fans old and new. It's definitely worth a listen when it drops on April 28.

Daniel Bolding is a freshman April 12, The Day who has about half-an-idea Everything Happened - about what's going on at all times. He loves to write, play Daniel Bolding video games, read books, etc. Did you know that on April 12, the American Civil War Daniel is very excited to join the Lion's Roar this year. started? Oh, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt died, Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, and the space shuttle Katniss Liang ‘17 Columbia became the first space shuttle launched.

On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter, the first military engagement of the Civil War. There were no casualties on either side.

In 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt suffered a fatal cerebral hemorrhage. He was succeeded by Harry Truman, who gave the order to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

In 1961, the Soviet Union achieved a massive goal: Yuri Katniss is a senior in SLHS. She Gagarin, a cosmonaut, became the first man in space aboard is a crazy artist with bizarre Vostok 1. ideas. She likes using mix media to create different forms On April 12, 1981, the space shuttle Columbia became the first of art. Now she is a space shuttle in space on STS-1. It would later disintegrate photographer in newspaper. during reentry on its 28th mission, killing astronauts Rick D. Joining this amazing class is Husband, William C. McCool, Michael P. Anderson, Ilan the greatest decision she has Ramon, Kalpana Chawla, David M. Brown, and Laurel Clark. never made and she can’t wait to share her wonderful photos Overall, many horrible things happened on April 12. Let us with every one. hope that in the future, those will be outweighed by the good.

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Watercolors - Katniss Liang

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