effort, thought and energy goes into Albarn's every work that, once more, it should be no wonder that the song's album edit is commensurately splendid, sprinklings of intimate piano tinkering and mumbled bass lines accentuating another typically exemplary recording. Don't know about you, but we've a couple thumbs itching to press play on Everyday Robots right now…" In his track-by-track review for NME, Matthew Horton said: "And don't get the glow sticks out quite yet, even though there's a brighter dubby flow, prettified by tinkling bells and mysterious synth meanders that owe something to The Specials' "Ghost Town". Jazzy piano affects a devil-may-care atmosphere, but the lyric feels honest and open: "You're not resolved in your heart/You're waiting for me... to improve". It's a gorgeous song and unbearably tender when Albarn whispers the final "...to improve" at the close." In his track-by-track review for The Sunday Times, Dan Cains wrote: "Like a funeral take on Gorillaz’ "Superfast Jellyfish" sprinkled with cabaret-lounge piano and disco strings, this combines a soul vocal, jarring, muffled beats and a chorus that begins with the work “arrhythmia.” It's at once utterly forlorn, cautiously optimistic and sonically warm, an Albarn trademark." Live performances Albarn premièred, "Lonely Press Play" at YouTube's pop-up venue at the Sundance Film Festival on 19 January. The invitation-only performance included acoustic versions of five new songs including "El Mañana" by Gorillaz and "All Your Life" by Blur. Albarn also played the song on Dermot O'Leary's BBC Radio 2 show, in a more "stripped-back acoustic" performance and also performed a cover of Terry Jacks' "Seasons in the Sun" And also previewed the song "Heavy Seas of Love" featuring Brian Eno and The Leytonstone City Mission Choir as well. Track listing Personnel Damon Albarn - main vocals, sampling, guitar, backing vocals Jeff Wootton - six string bass guitar Mike Smith: piano, organ, string arrangements Demon Strings - strings Richard Russell - production, drum programming, drums Stephen Sedgwick – recording, engineering, mixing References External links Damon Albarn songs 2014 songs 2014 singles Parlophone singles Warner Records singles Songs written by Damon Albarn