Inside Spirit House, The Gorillaz Pop-Up That Brings the Band's World to Life
At noon on 4/20 by the water in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Fuse and a pair of journalists from a New York newspaper are the first to step into the world of Gorillaz. Through an entryway with brick walls, hanging light bulbs, three clementines in a nice wooden bowl on a nicer wooden table and a blow-up of the band's new headshot quadriptych, we step into the first of three rooms presented by Sonos and their new Playbase home theater sound system. From April 21-23, anyone can RSVP for a free 30-minute walkthrough, only seven people admitted per voyage.
Phase one is an open-plan kitchen/living room, dark and strewn with trinkets and touches that'll make superfans go apeshit and newbies feel like they're in the play-kitchen at a children's museum. We're encouraged to touch and prod. Songs from Humanz, the virtual band's first album in seven years, play in 5.1 surround sound. First it's the Pusha T/Mavis Staples–featuring "Let Me Out," which arrived as an "art track" alongside three others last month.
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