Massive Attack – Heligoland

MusicOMH“The songs here are their most consistent in years....” Heligoland doesn't touch the perfection of Blue Lines, but few albums do. It is though a return to form from one of the real pioneering bands of our age...

Pitchfork“Defeatist-sounding...” In the words of "Pray for Rain", like a "dull residue of what once was," it's probably better to wait for an album that can't be described the same way...

Guardian“You could argue that Massive Attack haven't done anything new here...” Even the most cursory listen to Flat of the Blade informs you that they're still doing things that no one else does. Given the sheer number of people who have tried to make music like theirs in the last 20 years, that's some achievement...

The Times“Overcast unease...” In the small, anxious hours for which it was clearly designed, Heligoland makes light work of dissolving the barrier between the stillness outside and your interior world...

The Telegraph“A physical sense of beating hearts and ticking minds...” The centre of the album constantly shifts, as a new song comes into focus. I believe, as with their trio of Nineties classics, we’ll still be listening to this in decades to come...

The Independent“Heligoland is by no means the etiolated snoozefest that was 100th Window...” There are too many pale reflections of former glories to regard Heligoland as the return to form some have claimed...

Uncut“Bristol outfit back to their best...” The sound of a group at the very height of their power, flexing their ample muscle, Heligoland is the album Massive Attack had to produce for fear of fading further from relevance. Now we can all learn to love them once again...

Drowned In Sound“Beholden to their own past glories...” Although much of Heligoland suggests that Massive Attack might finally have burned out, the glowing embers of what they once had can still be glimpsed providing a light in the dark...

allmusic“Not yet reviewed”

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