New sets of Converse kicks are released, all in Gorillaz print.
By TRISTAN SHULER
SNN Staff Writer
New SAT word for you all. Onomatopoeia.
Indeed the only thing that comes to mind when listening to the newest Gorillaz single is: “Whoooooooooo!” This slick new single, DoYaThing, comes to you as a wonderful collaboration between Chuck Taylor All-Star Converse and the insane men behind the world’s most popular cartoon band, the Gorillaz. The feel of this master track is nothing like the flop that was The Fall and sounds nothing like the most recent Gorillaz best-seller, Plastic Beach. If anything, this song sounds more like a lost cut from the Gorillaz first album. With James Murphy providing all the bleeps and bloops a Gorillaz fan could want while also singing with 2D on the chorus and the fabulous Andre 3000 delivering a brain-melting rap, this song rivals the band’s own epic bestselling single Clint Eastwood.
2D no longer sounds like a depressed diva, instead filling the song with his somehow upbeat-mournful never halting singing. Murphy whips out his synth to provide music and beats that would make drummer Russel Hobbs drool.
Every so often Converse releases a shoe that is a tribute to a great rock artist. Past tributes have included legends such as The Who, Pink Floyd, Ozzy Osbourne and Metallica. The shoes are decorated with personal symbols of the band such as Pink Floyd’s color spectrum and Metallica’s electric chair. The shoes that accompany this collaboration of musical geniuses are so fly that birds get jealous.
Four different sets of classic Converse kicks were released along with three high-tops and one low-top, all in Gorillaz print.
The first is decorated in black and white sketches of various members of the Gorillaz. The low-top is decorated in color sketches of members of the Gorillaz. The second high-top is covered in the camo pattern seen on the Geep on the front of the Gorillaz first album. The last pair of high-tops is maroon in color with bars on the side and the Pazou statue from the Rock It music video.
These shoes have more style in a single aglet than a closetful of Ralph Lauren Polo.
