Massive Attack & Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground

Massive Attack return with Boots on the Ground, a powerful new collaboration with Tom Waits. Alongside the title track, the vinyl includes an exclusive spoken word B-side from Waits, The Fly. Pressed on innovative EcoSonic recycled PET vinyl and packed at random on red, white or blue vinyl.

Massive Attack and Tom Waits release a new collaboration, Boots on the Ground, with an exclusive vinyl B-side provided by Waits, a droll and sardonic spoken word piece entitled The Fly.  

An accompanying film, created by Massive Attack in collaboration with US photo artist thefinaleye, will be available via the band's digital platforms. This evocative, high-intensity montage portrays a momentous American epoch yet to be named and comes in the aftermath of the largest public protests in American history, focused on opposition to ICE raids, the militarisation of domestic forces and state authoritarianism.  

Boots on the Ground is the first Massive Attack release distributed under a Spotify exemption policy. Further releases are scheduled before and after the band's forthcoming European tour and summer festival headline performances.  

In keeping with the band's efforts to reduce carbon emissions across both live activity and recorded output, Massive Attack have partnered with Good Neighbor to produce an EcoSonic 180g vinyl pressing. Manufactured using 100% recycled PET (rPET) rather than traditional PVC, the record is fully recyclable and produced via an energy-efficient injection moulding process, representing a significant shift in record manufacturing.  

The packaging follows the same approach, with sleeves made from 100% recycled, FSC®-certified paper stock and outer slipcases produced from recycled polyethylene.  This EcoSonic edition is pressed on 180g 12-inch vinyl in red, white or blue, with colours packed at random.

Format: limited EcoSonic edition on randomly picked red, white, or blue vinyl
Label: Play It Again Sam
Genre: Electronic
Condition: New/Pre-Order
Catalogue Number: PIASR1700PS
Barcode: 5400863210090

Tracklist:
Massive Attack & Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground
Tom Waits - The Fly

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