Massive Attack Mezzanine (180 Gram Vinyl) (2 Lp's) 08/05/2014

Massive Attack Mezzanine (180 Gram Vinyl) (2 Lp's) 08/05/2014Increasingly ignored amidst the exploding trip hop scene, Massive Attack finally returned in 1998 with Mezzanine, a record immediately announcing not only that the group was back, but that they'd recorded a set of songs just as singular and revelatory as on their debut, almost a decade back. It all begins with a stunning one two three four punch: "Angel," "Risingson," "Teardrop," and "Inertia Creeps." Augmenting their samples and keyboards with a

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To celebrate the ten-year anniversary of their acclaimed breakthrough album

Released: 5/12/2023

a way for the band to shake off all distractions and get back to basics

Released: 06/04/2013

and a must-have for any fan of his

Featuring: Juice Wrld

This kind of emotional complexity -- not to mention the fun the band sound like they're having -- saves the album from being a too-calculated return to Franz' glory days

Her ability to sound at once comforting and heartbreaking on the bookends "Levitation" and "Days of Candy" speaks to the sensuous nature of Depression Cherry's

but Ribbed is a rocky start that falls way to short way too often

" and the ornate rage of Funeral for the simplicity of a line like "Let's go for a drive and see the town tonight/There's nothing do

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