Massive Attack - Mezzanine (1998) [Listening Party]

The host of the in conjunction with The Big Romance present the Listen Closely series of listening parties, a night featuring a focus album from an artist we love on the last Wednesday of the month.

This month: Wednesday January 28th, 7pm.

The third album from the British pioneers radically reshaped the band's own bright trip-hop, soul and hip-hop with darker tones of electronic, industrial, and gothic distorted guitars. Mezzanine eschews the band's trademark warmth for magnified atmospheres drawing on paranoia, negative space, and whispered vocals to create a mood that mirrored the anxieties of the digital age.

It also happens to feature the band's single biggest hit with the heartbeat soul of 'Teardrop' featuring Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser on vocals, alongside Massive Attack. classics like the eerie trip-hop of 'Inertia Creeps', the monochromatic smoked out paranoia of Risingson, the cloudbursting 'Exchange' and the dark dub minimalism of opener 'Angel'.

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Join Nialler9 with guest Craig Fitzpatrick for a discussion about this modern classic, and a playback of the album on vinyl through The Big Romance's wonderfully plush and clear Toby Hatchett soundsystem. We will chat about the band's history, the album's context, craft, production, lyrics and importance of this modern classic for a live Nialler9 Podcast episode.

Tickets are limited to 45 for this intimate event.

Become a paid member of the Nialler9 Patreon to get half priced tickets.

Doors: 7:00pm. Arrive early for seats.

Album playback and chat from 7.45pm

Previous albums at Listen Closely parties:

• Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2004)
• Outkast - Stankonia (2000)
• My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991)
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz (2009)
• Jeff Buckley - Grace (1994)
• The Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation (1994)
• LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver (2007)
• Kendrick Lamar – good kid M.a.a.d. city (2012)
• J DIlla – Donuts (2006)
• Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation Of (1998)
• The Avalanches – Since I Left You (2001)
• Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever ago (2007)
• The Strokes – Is This It (2001)
• Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You (2022)
• Boards Of Canada – Music Has The Right To Children (1998)
• Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
• Beastie Boys – Ill Communication (1994)
• Fiona Apple – Tidal (1996)
• Portishead – Dummy (1994)
• Laurie Anderson – Big Science (1982)
• Madvillain – Madvillainy (2004)
• Sufjan Stevens – Illinois (2005)
• Four Tet – Rounds (2003)

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