Director John Hillcoat x actress Cate Blanchett x Massive Attack is a perfect formula in a music video that's essentially a study of the human head from the actual to the abstract.
Another month, another Massive Attack video. Even though this has the simplest concept of the three that have been released so far in 2016 — just Kate Moss twirling a light bulb on a string in the dark with some trippy visuals — like the others, it's worthy of some clickage.
Anyone even remotely familiar with the respective catalogs of Massive Attack and Young Fathers knows that those two acts are capable of conjuring an eerie blend of malice and beauty. Add Gone Girl actress Roasmund Pike and a mysterious orb, and you get a visual that also nails that same balance.
After more than five years, Massive Attack have released brand new music. This track off their Ritual Spirit EP features friend Tricky on the audio and the video stars Sol Star himself, John Hawkes, drunk and stumbling/dancing through the night. But, he's not necessarily alone in another gorgeous clip from VS fave Hiro Murai.