Massive Attack’s long awaited EP Splitting The Atom releases October 5th (UK) on Virgin Records, and I can’t wait to sample it in its entirety. For now here are three of the four tracks for your listening pleasure courtesy of Hypem, Pitchfork and Guardian Music + my very own thoughts. Man I’m hyped for this release.
Splitting The Atom (Hypem)
*Reviewed by me (Jon) earlier in the week for IKRS Zine ‘Crazy Radio Sunday’ column. Check out what the other contributors thought here)
Extremely moody and menacing. It sits somewhere between The Specials ‘Ghost Town’ and an Angelo Badalamenti film score. The kind of track I’d expect to hear playing over a crime scene in HBO’s ‘The Wire’. It’s been a long time coming and this is not what I expected Del Naja and Daddy G to come up with, but this track just grows with every play. Judging by the titles of other tracks to come I’d hazard a guess that Massive Attack are attempting to piece together their very own Bristolian crime epic! To quote Stringer Bell’s final words in The Wire… Well get on with it motherfu…
Pray For Rain (Pitchfork)
The Sci-fi to Splitting The Atom’s crime epic, it paints a vivid picture of a society trapped by it’s own mistakes. As dark and dusty as the title suggests. It’ll have you running for the tap. Massive Attack + Tunde = Genius!
Bulletproof Love (Guardian Music)
Guy Garvey’s demented vocals attach to a heartbeat that push the slightest paranoia to the limit. This is Massive Attack splitting the atom bare nekid, down to the bone!
Listen to Bulletproof Love in a darkened room… I dare you!
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Ah cheers mate, hadn’t heard the Guy Garvey track up to this point, thanks a bunch! Definitely looking forward to the album.
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