Massive Attack are one of the few groups in my musical collection that have been around long enough and have churned out a consistently compelling body of work that I don't find it too difficult to take a leap of faith when a new album of theirs is released and go in blind (or deaf, as the case may be) and buy it without listening to it beforehand. On first listen to Heligoland, the group's fifth and latest studio release, I found my trust in the band to be well placed.
Paradise Circus, featuring guest vocals from ex-Mazzy Star frontwoman Hope Sandoval, is the immediate standout. Seemingly a fairly simple song musically, it's Sandoval's hushed and intimate vocals that draw the listener in. "Love is like a sin," she coos, made easier to picture with the aid of the song's racy, definitely NSFW video (included after the jump). This is Massive Attack back to basics, at their haunting and stripped back best.
Massive Attack - Paradise Circus
The timing of this post is made even better by the fact that I found out earlier today that I'm going to be interviewing Robert Del Naja, aka 3D, from the group tomorrow morning! Eeek. Pretty exciting news! I'll post the article in the coming weeks.
If you like what you hear, you can purchase Paradise Circus individually or Heligoland in its entirety through iTunes.
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