At times, the grief spreading over The Mountain is overshadowed by the project’s characteristically grand scope.

Gorillaz have released an animated short film to accompany their new album, The Mountain. Watch the Jamie Hewlett-directed project here.

Jamie Hewlett, Damon Albarn, and Gorillaz (image by Gorillaz & Reuben Bastienne-Lewis) ...

You can watch the "No Place for Warmth" video and see the full album track listing below.

Jamie Hewlett of Gorillaz discusses the group's upcoming, highly anticipated exhibition 'House of Kong' and new album, 'The Mountain.' ...

Albarn did, and at the heart of The Mountain is an unearthed recording from that 2001 session: a freestyle by the late rapper Proof, riffing on the grisly reality of murder five years before his own.