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Nils Frahm, Young Fathers, Neneh Cherry, and Hotel Lux are among the supports.
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Massive Attack's 'Risingson' emerges from the Bristol club scene, a portrait of bodies and desire caught in the strobing dark. The track moves through mirrors and bathroom sinks, through the grinding physicality of the dancefloor, with a narrator trying to locate themselves in the presence of another. There's a restlessness here, a tension between wanting to stay and needing to leave, between the pull of attraction and the exhaustion it brings. The song builds its power through repetition and texture rather than narrative clarity. Toy-like people make me boy-like, the refrain insists, a phrase that collapses agency and identity into something plastic and strange. The production wraps these observations in layers of bass and echo, the rhythm pushing forward even as the lyrics circle back on themselves. By the end, the voice has worn the words smooth: dream on, dream on, a mantra that might be resignation or might be defiance, depending on how you hear it.
"Risingson" is a single by Massive Attack, from the album Mezzanine, released 16th April 1998. The track is 4:59 long. It's filed under Electronic. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 9 articles about Massive Attack.
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