The lazy buggers that are Massive Attack are set to release their first new material in three years.
The Bristol-based band have announced that an EP of four new tracks will be released on October 6th. The release will consist of lead track “Splitting the Atom”, “Pray For Rain” (which includes a guest vocal turn by TV On the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe) and two remixes.
Then you’ll have to sit tight until sometime next year, when their fifth album (in nineteen years) will finally be released. “LP5″ – presumably a lot of time was spent deliberating a title – will see guest collaborations with Blur’s/monkey-fiddler Damon Albarn, Elbow’s Guy Garvey and Tricky’s friend Martina Topley-Bird.
The album – expected to be released in February – may face delays due to the duo heading off to Europe for a few months. Meanwhile, “LP5″ is not believed to have been mastered, which could push the release date back.
Though however long we may have to wait, “LP5″ is shaping up to sound like something special. “Pray For Rain” - a six-minute long piano sampling dirge – is whipping up excitement from both high-profile music critics and DIY-electro bedroom-knob-twiddlers alike.
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