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.
5m
20m
20m
20m
1h 2m
41m
20m
10m
42m
21m
20m
5m
5m
41m
2m
1m
45m
22m
46m
20m
5m
2m
21m
20m
59m
9m
20m
1m
2m
1h 39m
21s
6m
41m
20m
44m
5m
21m
43m
1h 20m
1h 34m
23m
22m
45m
44m
20m
21m
1h 21m
1h 12m
7m
6m
7m
21m
21m
1m
20m
20m
20m
1h 7m
20m
20m
20m
20m
2m
20m
3m
21m
1h 22m
1h 22m
21m
1h 7m
57m
20m
20m
1h 17m
20m
42m
20m
22m
21m
22m
9m
20m
20m
20m
42m
21m
1h 13m
24m
1h 23m
20m
46m
42m
21m
21m
1h 22m