Just because the Gorillaz recorded their latest album with the help of the iPad doesn’t mean you can. You ask why? It’s because frontman Damon Albarn is a musical genius and, well, you probably are not. “The Fall” was recorded while the virtual band toured North America last fall. They used 20 iPad applications to create the 15-track set, which is the group’s most simplistic album yet. And that isn’t a bad thing.
While most of the songs are titled after places the group visited on tour, other tracks are highlighted by objects that inspire Albarn: There’s the gloomy “Little Pink Plastic Bags” and “Revolving Doors,” a tune that sounds like Albarn is searching for something — or searching for himself.
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