BUNKUM Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Looks like they are releasing a new EP... http://pitchfork.com/news/67078-massive-attack-share-two-new-songs-via-app-listen/ https://youtu.be/4N1Q4W3Qd7w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldszenen Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Looks like they've lost it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnarlybog Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 yeah the new stuff has been OK...kind of bland. Loving that cover art for Spoils though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bitroast Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 naww. not minding this at all. nice:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 This is better than their last output. But the vocals are... not so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOCfan Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Really diggin' on The Spoils, that's a lovely track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcinsu Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Loving this, and I somehow missed the Ritual Spirit EP... Also dig that one! I've enjoyed all of MA work over the years... Of course the early works are classics, but I was never let down by the later works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usagi Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 ^ me too. the only real bad moment I can think of in their entire career is Flat of the Blade from Heligoland, wtf is that tune. they'll always have a special place in me cockles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poimandres Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Ehhh everything after 100th Window has been pretty flat to me. I listened to Mezzanine the other day for the first time in a while and it's easily still top 10 of all time material for me. The new stuff is okay in isolation, but I just can't help but think about the past glories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 It is way past their bedtime. I'm thinking about selling my tickets to a concert I have tickets for. The last time they played here I sold my tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUNKUM Posted August 3, 2016 Author Share Posted August 3, 2016 They do seem to have settled into a style and everything it starting to sound similar to me, same tempos and instrumentation. I read this the other day about the Come Near Me video... "The song itself is written and produced by Massive Attack’s Daddy G and collaborator Stew Jackson and features vocals from Ghostpoet. It follows January’s release of the ‘Ritual Spirit’ EP, which was written and produced by the band’s Robert del Naja and collaborator Euan Dickinson." News to me if they are writing separately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 This EP might grow on me but first impression was that it was enjoyable but not as engaging as their Ritual EP. Like said earlier it's pretty much a given what their formula is, much like say Chemical Brothers or any other mainstream electronic artist with a huge legacy, trademark sound, and steady fanbase (Depeche Mode seems like a similar act in that regard). It seems incredible that I saw them on their Collected tour (their big greatest hits comp) 10 years ago! I must admit my expectations were high because I fucking love Hope's vocals and the arrangement of "Paradise Circus." Also there's this group called HÆLOS I keep hearing on the radio that sounds like a mid-90s era trip hop tribute group who I find undeniably likable and makes me just re-visit older Massive Attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxus Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 ^ me too. the only real bad moment I can think of in their entire career is Flat of the Blade from Heligoland, wtf is that tune. they'll always have a special place in me cockles. lol agreed. That track is awful. I like Heligoland a lot overall. Martina Topley-Bird is great, hope they do more tracks with her. My least favorite album of theirs is 100th Window, never got into it much. I thought Ritual Spirit was great, still listen to it regularly. And I'm really loving The Spoils. Come Near Me is alright but I agree the vocals are kinda off-putting. Cool video tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 So the new new single is alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUNKUM Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 New video for The Spoils starring Cate Blanchette, direct by John Hillcoat. Their videos are turning more an more into art installations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUNKUM Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 Who can forget their bizarre perfume commercial gone wrong video with Rosamund Pike... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 i like the spoils better than paradise circus, paradise circus is kind of too GRIMDARK imo, this I didn't even really think it was that dark at all until I saw the video and put it in a new context. Up there with Teardrop that's my only gripe with massive attack, maybe it's because of CAR COMMERCIALS DR HOUSE etc. but paradise circus feels a little goofy now. this feels like it will still feel genuinely inspired years from now. it really hits me in the gut/feel a little queasy and I mean that in a good way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Okay, I really like the new single. It's their best tune since Live With Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goiter Sanchez Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Looks like they are releasing a new EP... http://pitchfork.com/news/67078-massive-attack-share-two-new-songs-via-app-listen/ Pretty cool video for the new track. I'm always impressed how much newer videos can do with so little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxus Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 The Spoils video is really haunting, beautiful. I hope the full album drops soon but in the meantime if they want to keep making videos for every single track they release, that's cool too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haste Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 The Spoils is nice. IIR at the beginning of the year they said there would be an EP produced separately by each of them, and then after that there would be a proper full album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadnessR Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Hope Sandoval. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drix Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 I really loved the Ritual Spirit EP, and seeing them live this summer made me huge Massive attack fan again. Bring on a full album! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUNKUM Posted September 6, 2016 Author Share Posted September 6, 2016 Really loving The Spoils now, kept hearing it on BBC Radio 6. In other new, what's this all about > https://www.discogs.com/Massive-Attack-Dear-Friend/release/8996095 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Man, I wish they'd do something with Michael Kiwanuka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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