Gorillaz go Thunderbirds

by Peter CulshawThursday, 04 February 2010

The animated band Gorillaz have revealed their new HQ in the South Pacific - a floating island atop a pile of trash at Point Nemo, the furthest place, they inform us, from land on Earth. It's all very, very Tracey Island from Thunderbirds. See the remarkable video below.

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