Gorillaz - D-Sides [3LP]

Gorillaz's D-Sides gathers the strays from the Demon Days era onto 180-gram vinyl, and it proves the band's cutting-room floor was crowded with good ideas.

First released in 2007, it rounds up B-sides, bonus tracks and unreleased songs from the 2004 and 2005 sessions, followed by a stack of remixes from the album's singles. G-Sides had done the same job for the debut, but this collection feels bigger and stranger, closer to a shadow album than a clear-out.

The original material carries the same dusky, melancholy mood as its parent record. 68 State opens on a hazy, unhurried groove, and Rockit bounces along with the kind of cartoonish swagger only a virtual band could carry off. Stop the Dams, made with Icelandic duo Ghostigital, is one of the most quietly affecting songs Damon Albarn wrote for the project.

Then the remixers take over, with DFA, Soulwax and Hot Chip among those pulling the Demon Days singles apart and rebuilding them as long, hypnotic dance-floor workouts. It's a fascinating snapshot of the mid-2000s remix scene, when indie and dance music were busy swapping clothes.

For anyone who wore out Demon Days, this is the back room of the house: looser, weirder and full of songs that deserved better than life as a B-side.