Blowback

Electronic · 2001 · 15 tracks

Blowback

A gritty fusion of Bristol trip-hop and aggressive alternative rock. Murky whispers meet heavy guitars and high-profile guest vocals in an urban noir landscape.

It's like a dark, smoky club where the guest list includes rock stars who've been told to keep it down.

A tense, urban nocturnal energy that balances aggressive rock defiance with hushed, paranoid vulnerability.

Blowback · vs · Tricky

Layered Dense+1.0σ

The production is pushed notably harder into layered dense than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks

01

Excess

4:43

02

Evolution Revolution Love

4:09

03

Over Me

2:57

04

Girls

4:21

05

You Don't Wanna

5:26

06

#1 Da Woman

2:40

07

Your Name

3:36

08

Diss Never (Dig Up We History)

2:51

09

Bury the Evidence

4:51

10

Something in the Way

3:24

11

Five Days

4:19

12

Give It to ’Em

3:05

13

A Song for Yukiko

4:10

14

The Hawkman Is Coming

4:19

15

Evolution Revolution Love (remix)

3:44

Moments Worth Waiting For

The heavy, distorted guitar crunch of 'Excess' that signals a more aggressive, rock-leaning direction than previous albums.

The unexpected vocal chemistry on 'Evolution Revolution Love' where Ed Kowalczyk's soaring rock hook meets Tricky's gravelly mumble.

The eerie, stripped-back tension of 'Something in the Way' that recaptures the haunting minimalism of his earliest work.

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