Seven years after “100th Window” Massive Attack is back with a new album. An album that also marks the renewed collaboration between Robert ‘3D’ Del Naja and Grant ‘Daddy G’ Marshall who had drifted apart in the late 90s. Nice example of how time really does heal all wounds.
On “Heligoland” they prove that they still know how to create dark and twisted soundscapes like no one else. Whether you like your songs busy as fuck or minimal and bare, Del Naja and Marshall cover all the bases. It’s not as surprising anymore as it used to be, but when you have the two of them fiddling behind the knobs and add guest vocals by the likes of Damon Albarn, Elbow’s Guy Garvey, TV On The Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe and Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval, there’s really not a whole lot that can go wrong.
“Heligoland” might not be a classic like “Mezzanine” or “Blue Lines”, but if you’re into triphop you do not want to miss out on this release, which was well on its way of becoming the “Chinese Democracy” of the electronic music scene.
Score: 7.5 out of 10
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