the more i listen to it i cant help but feel plastic beach is really similar, conceptually, to the talking heads work on life during wartime....
in that it's a concept album, narrating some alternative worldview while juggling various themes and contemporary issues, e.g. (i.e.? which is it AAARRH) consumerism, pollution, etc.
albarn has said he doesnt want it to be percieved as a green album, but after two listens it's hard to argue a lot of those ideas arent present as a natural extension of the world view hes trying to express here.
im so stone