Gorillaz announces new album

— Virtual rockers Gorillaz on Thursday announced a new album and previewed it with a track that merges rock, hip-hop and reggae alongside a trippy sci-fi video.

The experimental side project of Damon Albarn of Blur fame — which consists of a fictional band lineup represented by cartoons — said that “Humanz,” the group’s first album since 2011, would come out on April 28.

Gorillaz said the group would play a release show Friday in its home base of London, with tickets distributed to fans who pre-order the album and make a donation to the White Helmets, the volunteer rescue teams in Syria’s brutal war.

“Humanz” will have guest stars on nearly every track including alternative hip-hop pioneers De La Soul and soul great Mavis Staples.