Gorillaz make comeback after six years with anti-Trump song Hallelujah Money

Gorillaz have released a Donald Trump protest track ahead of the Presidential inauguration.

The band’s first new song for six years, titled Hallelujah Money, explores themes of ‘power, big business and humanity’.

Shared on Thursday afternoon, the song marks Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s comeback ahead of the release of their eagerly-awaited new album later this year.

Featuring Mercury award-winning Benjamin Clementine, Hallelujah Money appears to have been released to coincide with Friday’s inauguration.

Speaking about the new track, bassist Murdoc 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.”

Lyrics include: “Here is our tree/ That primitively grows/ When we go to bed/ Scare crows from the Far a-East/ Come to eat its tender fruits.

“I have thought that the/ 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 video for the new track features Clementine surrounded by American imagery and scenes from horror films.

Gorillaz are expected to released their follow-up to 2011’s The Fall later this year.