On the fifth official studio album (excluding here a soundtrack production) from the group/project/collective, Robert del Naja (3D) and Neil Davidge revive some of the old spiritual elements from previous albums while addressing proudly a more down-tempo and by eliciting new artists to collaborate for the vocal part to alternately color the songs with their own personalities.
Collaborations
Damon Albarn (notably from Blur and Gorillaz fame) lends his voice to an almost pop sounding melodramatic song, well-executed with a good feel to it titled “Saturday Come Slow”, feeling like a song remix Blur would be proud of.
Back to the fold, Horace Andy also lends his characteristic tone of voice and his singular vibrato to a few pieces including "Girl I Love You," one of the best tracks on the album mostly due to the cyclical rise in crescendo.
Something old, something new
The use of low frequencies is still very present, hypnotic rhythms too, but after listening to the album in its whole; it seems much less heavy and alienating than the previous ones from the group.
It is also impossible to deny the influence of soundtrack music - main occupation of 3D and Davidge during their seven-year recording hiatus - in the conception of this album. Atmospheres are polished as ever, bearing proof of the group’s great attention to details.
This marks a very successful return on the frontline of the musical scene for a group we had thought could be classified as has-beens.Hits :
Girl I Love You, Flat of the Blade, Paradise Circus, Saturday Come Slow
Misses :
Babel, Psyche
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