3 months later and another review...guess I should say welcome to 2016, folks.
It's ambient, atmospheric, subtle, yet huge all at the same time. Massive Attack's career is far from dwindling.
The infamous Massive Attack, back with their new EP Ritual Spirit, filled the Guildhall with a range of synths, percussion, grand piano sounds and haunting layered vocals, creating a terrifically textured ambience that silenced the crowd. The new EP is fantastic, but Martina Topley also impressed again with the gorgeously atmospheric Teardrop.
This was paired up with a spectacular visual and light effects, all with a continued theme of the current immigrant crisis, urging the audience to support and take action. Delivered all in time with the beat of the tracks- the gig was not only thought-provoking in its music, but politically striking. The show demanded the audience's full attention, which was either a good or bad thing, dependent on what type of gig-attendee you are.
Young Fathers, condensed into the centre of the stage, created a miraculously massive sound that was not only incredibly percussive but industrial, urban and spattered with white noise and lo-fi synthesisers- 100% a trio to watch out for in the future.
-Squirete
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