Neil can do what he likes at this stage - he'll probably release 2 more albums next year and one of them will be great.

I quite like "Lotus" - Up is underrated though.

Brian Wilson didn't write the lyrics for Pet Sounds - that was Tony Asher. I've seen some critics complain about the lyrics on that album being a bit hokey, which is nonsense, they're wonderful and evocative and much more affecting than the whimsical nonsense VDP came up with for Smile.

I've seen this - its great, & my kids loved it. It's pretty grotesque in a pythonesque style but I'd watch this 100 times before I'd watch Frozen again…

possibly the best of their sardonic spoken word songs:

its about depression and insanity rather than bad parenting per se though.

his act isn't all one-liners. He also does "pen behind the ear"

7's the key number here. Think about it. 7-Elevens. 7 dwarves. 7, man, that's the number. 7 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea. It's like you're dreamin' about Gorgonzola cheese when it's clearly Brie time, baby

Neil's still in the booth, recording an extra-extended version of "Drifting Back"

its closest in style to The Good, The Bad and The Queen album, which was effectively an Albarn solo album with a particularly starry backing band.