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Gorillaz return from captivity with Hallelujah Money

Gorillaz have returned from a five-year hiatus with a new song titled Hallelujah Money, warning of 'dark times' ahead.

The British alt-rock band has not released a track since their 2012 collaboration with Outkast's Andre 3000 DoYaThing.

Their last album Plastic Beach was launched seven years ago and, since then, the cartoon supergroup has been teasing its return online.

Hallelujah Money could not have come in a timelier fashion.

The video, featuring vocals from Mercury Prize-winning poet and composer Benjamin Clementine, was released on YouTube one day before Donald Trump's inauguration.

"Best way to protect our tree is by building walls. Walls like unicorns in full glory and galore. Even stronger than the walls of Jericho," the lyrics read, in a suspected reference to Mr Trump's policy.

The band - formed by Blur frontman Damon Albarn and Tank Girl creator Jamie Hewlett - has often hinted at politics in their lyrics.

Plastic Beach was an album fully dedicated to exposing the evils of pollution and corporate greed.

Following the online release of Hallelujah Money, Bassist Murdoc Niccals said: "In these dark times, we all need someone to look up to. Me.".

"That's why I'm giving you this new Gorillaz song, a lightning bolt of truth in a black night. You're welcome. Now p*** on! The new album's not gonna write itself."

Their new, yet untitled, album will be released later this year.