Massive Attack Releases First Single in a Decade Featuring Tom Waits
Massive Attack has released "Boots on the Ground," their first new single in a decade, featuring Tom Waits. The track is described as a dark, powerful, and politically-charged hymn reflecting contemporary times.
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Massive Attack: Boots on the Ground (ft Tom Waits) review – first single in a decade is a dark hymn for our times
(Play It Again Sam) Unsettling breathing, arrhythmic clatter, gloomy piano and military snares underpin a Beefheartian portrayal of a boorish warmonger on the band’s ominous return Even by the standards of a band noted for their unhurried approach, Massive Attack’s recorded output has dwindled to a trickle in recent years. They’ve seldom been out of the press, but less as a result of their music than their political campaigning: frontman Robert Del Naja was among the 500 people arrested at la...
By Alexis Petridis
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"Boots on the Ground," recorded with Massive Attack, targets "federal pricks ... sittin' in a room full of army posters"
By Kory Grow
Read full article →Massive Attack and Tom Waits meet “an atmosphere of chaos” on the powerful, politically-charged ‘Boots On The Ground’
"Across the western hemisphere, state authoritarianism and the militarisation of police forces are fusing again with neo-fascist politics" The post Massive Attack and Tom Waits meet “an atmosphere of chaos” on the powerful, politically-charged ‘Boots On The Ground’ appeared first on NME.
By Andrew Trendell
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