Gorillaz fans are in for an early holiday treat this year as the band prepare to unleash a collection of b-sides, demos and unreleased tracks cheekily called D-Sides.  

D-Sides highlights include Hong Kong, the lush and lovely track recorded by Gorillaz for Warchild and the surprise hit of last year’s Demon Days Live show (given an exclusive refit here with added strings), the dubbed-out collaboration with The Bees, Bill Murray, and the apocalyptic scum-pop of We Are Happy Landfill. Stop The Dams is another collaboration, this time with the Sugarcubes’ Einar Orn, protesting against dam building in Iceland’s wilderness. Demos People (which later became Demon Days single DARE) and Don’t Get Lost in Heaven give a sneak peek into the band’s creative process, while the Mandarin version of Dirty Harry provides an insight into how Gorillaz might sound if they’d been born east of the Yangtze instead of deep in the wilds of Essex, while D-Sides’ bonus CD of remixes includes reworkings by DFA, Junior Sanchez and Hot Chip.

A special edition of D-Sides will be available in a debossed glossy dual box, and will include two exclusive Jamie Hewlett prints, a collection of Gorillaz badges, stickers and a Choose Pazuz” patch. The track listing will be the same as the standard edition. Both releases are due November 20th.

D-Sides full track listing:

CD1:

1. 68 State FEEL GOOD INC. B-SIDE

2. People DARE DEMO

3. Hongkongaton DIRTY HARRY B-SIDE

4. We are Happy Landfill WEBSITE ONLY DOWNLOAD

5. Hong Kong WARCHILD

6. Highway (Under Construction) DARE B-SIDE

7. Rockit DEMO - DEMON DAYS SESSION

8. Bill Murray FEEL GOOD INC. B-SIDE

9. The Swagga DEMON DAYS LTD EDITION

10. Murdoc is God DIRTY HARRY B-SIDE

11. Spitting Out the Demons FEEL GOOD INC. B-SIDE

12. Don’t Get Lost in Heaven DEMO VERSION

13. Stop the Dams KIDS WITH GUNS/EL MANANA B-SIDE

 
Bonus disc:

1. DARE (DFA Remix)

2. Feel Good Inc (Stanton Warriors Remix)

3. Kids With Guns (Jamie T’s Turns To Monsters Mix)

4. DARE (Soulwax Remix)

5. Kids With Guns (Hot Chip Remix)

6. El Manana (Metronomy Remix)

7. DARE (Junior Sanchez Remix)

8. Dirty Harry (Schtung Chinese New Years Remix)

9. Kids With Guns (Quiet Village Remix)