Damon Albarn: 'This year, if you're not pop, you're fucked'
“It’s very apocalyptic. There isn’t even anyone at reception any more.” Damon Albarn has just begun his umpteenth Zoom call of the year from a hotel room in south London. Having spent lockdown with family in his remote Devon farmhouse, the Blur frontman and Gorillaz mastermind is back on home turf, knee-deep in rehearsals for one of his most ambitious projects to date. Admittedly, it feels a bit redundant speaking in such terms when you consider that the Gorillaz story has felt like one prolonged peak throughout the 21st century. Yet, for all its obvious strains, 2020 remains a landma...