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Gorillaz offer up new IDLES collaboration ‘The God of Lying’
Their slinking new track gets lifted from the outfit’s forthcoming ninth album ‘The Mountain’.
Animation’s finest musical troupe Gorillaz are back with another new offering, this time in collaboration with IDLES.
Seemingly tapping straight into society’s current consciousness, ‘The God of Lying’ is a slinking new track written with IDLES’ Joe Talbot that points the finger at misinformation in the modern age, and wanting to break free of doom-scrolling in favour of a good old-fashioned bit of escapist inebriation. What’s not to love?
What’s more, the track was pieced together across London, Devon and Mumbai, withAjay Prasanna on bansuri and percussion by Viraj Acharya. Speaking of the latest taste of the outfit’s new album, Gorillaz frontman 2D has said: “Can I tell you a secret? Doubt is very tiring but questioning things is really good for you.”
The track gets lifted from the band’s forthcoming ninth album, ‘The Mountain’, which is set for release on 20th March 2026 via their newly-founded own label, KONG, and follows on from their previous releases ‘The Manifesto’ (feat. Trueno and Proof) and their collab with Sparks, ‘The Happy Dictator’. The follow up to 2023’s ‘Cracker Island’, the latest release from Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s group, will also feature the likes of Johnny Marr, Gruff Rhys, Yasiin Bey and Jalen Ngonda across the album. Movingly, ‘The Mountain’ will also include the voices of late friends and musicians, including Bobby Womack, Mark E Smith, and Tony Allen.
Check out ‘The God of Lying’, and the album’s tracklisting below.
‘The Mountain’ tracklisting:
1. The Mountain (feat. Dennis Hopper, Ajay Prasanna, Anoushka Shankar, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash)
2. The Moon Cave (feat. Asha Puthli, Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda and Black Thought)
3. The Happy Dictator (feat. Sparks)
4. The Hardest Thing (feat. Tony Allen)
5. Orange County (feat. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson and Anoushka Shankar)
6. The God of Lying (feat. IDLES)
7. The Empty Dream Machine (feat. Black Thought, Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar)
8. The Manifesto (feat. Trueno and Proof)
9. The Plastic Guru (feat. Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar)
10. Delirium (feat. Mark E. Smith)
11. Damascus (feat. Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey)
12. The Shadowy Light (feat. Asha Bhosle, Gruff Rhys, Ajay Prasanna, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash)
13. Casablanca (feat. Paul Simonon and Johnny Marr)
14. The Sweet Prince (feat. Ajay Prasanna, Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar)
15. The Sad God (feat. Black Thought, Ajay Prasanna and Anoushka Shankar)
And in case you missed it, Gorillaz are set to celebrate ‘The Mountain’’s release with a run of UK/Ireland tour dates that will see them play arenas in nine major cities, as well as their first ever stadium show in London; check out the full tour schedule below.
*support from Trueno
^support from Sparks and Trueno
MARCH 2026
21 Manchester, Co-op Live
22 Birmingham, bp pulse LIVE
24 Glasgow, OVO Hydro*
25 Leeds, First Direct Arena*
27 Cardiff, Utilita Arena*
28 Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena*
29 Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena*
31 Belfast, SSE Arena*
APRIL 2026
01 Dublin, 3Arena*
JUNE 2026
20 London Tottenham Hotspur Stadium^
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