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Massive Attack have shared their first single, “Boots On The Ground”, which features living legend, national treasure and punk icon Tom Waits, will be available as a 12″ via Play It Again Sam.

The song is available today on streaming platforms, and will be followed by a 12″ vinyl release. The 12″ edition features “Boots on the Ground” on Side A, with an exclusively Waits B-side titled “The Fly” – a track featuring Waits’s trademark droll and sardonic spoken word.

The video for the song was directed by Massive Attack in collaboration with US photo artist thefinaleye. And this was shared with it: “The film quotes statistics and research by the following sources: American Immigration Council, American Civil Liberties Union, Inside Higher Ed,National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, US National Library of Medicine, US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Privacy International and FactCheck.org.”

Tom Waits said this about the song and collaboration: “One day many years ago I accepted an invitation from Massive Attack to collaborate. Way back then, we sent them ‘Boots on the Ground.’ Their long release delay never worried me. Today, as in all of mankind’s yesterdays, guarantees this song will never go out of style.”

Massive Attack shared this: “It’s a career honour to collaborate with an artist of the magnitude, originality and integrity of Tom, but this track is arriving in an atmosphere of chaos. Across the western hemisphere, state authoritarianism and the militarisation of police forces are fusing again with neo-fascist politics. Seen within the American emergency, at home and overseas, this track contains pulses of callous impulse & abandoned mind.”

Tijuana Panthers have shared a new single, “Party Boy”, available via Jazz Cat Records.

The release came just ahead of their Coachella presentation in Week 1 of the music and arts festival.

Beth Orton has shared a new single, “The Ground Above”, available now via Partisan Records.

Beth Orton shared this about the song: “Linear time has no place in music. I find myself trying to iron out my brain like a map, to show what started where, I could spend forever writing notes in the margins, notes to self, finding archaeological artifacts, layers of soil and magic, the strata of love, sorrow and joy in relation to time, all that goes into the architecture of any particular song. What has kept me alive is a feral invincibility, barrelling through life, propelled magnetically as in a flying dream that won’t allow for time to get hold of my ankles and catch up with me. Grief had me say yes to life, to embrace and taste and devour. I know life to be as pointless and as meaningful as I can make it. I wanted to write some of this into a dream, a confluence of meaning and feeling.”

The Claypool Lennon Delirium have shared the second single, “Meat Machines”, off their upcoming album “The Great Parrot Ox and The Golden Egg Of Empathy” out May 1st.

Sean Lennon shared this about the song: “Some people think humans are just biological machines. They think free will is a hallucination and we’re destined to be replaced by robots. Not only are they happy about this, but they’re actively trying to make it happen as fast as possible. Some of us think we still have a choice. We think there’s something special about living, breathing and feeling. We believe we can shape our own destiny, because we know we are more than just ‘Meat Machines.'”

The video for the song was created by Rich Ragsdale.

Soulwax have shared a new song, “Perfect We Are Not”.

The song was written, recorded and premiered at Abbey Road as part of an after hours rave. It was inspired by the gear that was available to them that included the piano used on “Lady Madonna.”

There’s also a documentary short about the making of the song posted below.

Miki Berenyi Trio have shared a new standalone single, “Island Of One”, available now via Bella Union.

Berenyi shared this about the song: “‘Island of One’ took shape because I became quite obsessed with the track ‘Just a Western’ by Nilüfer Yanya last year, and the Latin-y beat got me inspired. But I wanted a lively, catchy song to add to our live set, so it ended up less laidback and more ’60s-breezy with some driving, scratchy guitars once all three MB3 members pile in on the embellishments, a song ends up a fair distance from where it started! As ever, recording and production took place in our various home-studio set-ups, and the song was mixed by our brilliant Bella Union labelmate, Paul Gregory (Lanterns of the Lake). Lyrically, I’m at the age where a lot of my friends have elderly parents who are increasingly reliant on their help. It’s a new phase in a life relationship and can throw up a lot of emotions. But the words apply as much to all manner of family break-ups and the fraying of long-standing friendships. When you’re young, it’s much easier to justify walking away, but I’m acutely aware, as I get older, of how important even a thread of connection with people who have shared our lives can be, however difficult those relationships can be to maintain!”

Kristin Hersh has shared the first single, “Sundial”, off her upcoming album.

Hersh shared this about the song: “Musicians’ heartbeats align right before they start a song together. Real musicians, anyway…This is a measurable phenomenon, but no one has measured how long our hearts keep beating together. A long time, I think. Sometimes I’ll miss someone so suddenly, like a lightning strike. If they’re a fellow musician, this is usually triggered by musical moments; certain tempos and keys. A person’s sound story…is an intense, rainstorm-dark and sunshine-bright orientation, like telling time with a sundial. It doesn’t leave you.”

Model/Actriz have shared a new EP, “Swan Songs”, available now via True Panther.

Cole Haden shared this about the release: “”Swan Songs” is a capsule of experiments made in the aftermath of the “Pirouette” sessions that by chance formed this moody vignette that we’re happy to share.”

https://modelactriz.bandcamp.com/album/swan-songs-ep

Owl Be Damned have shared a new single, “Chloraseptic”. Off their debut album “10:01” available now.

The video was directed by Ben Johnson. Camera work by Tim Fears and Edited by RC Krueger.

The band shared this about the song and video: “Join our hero on a walk of shame from his awakening to his arrival at home, all the while trudging through the worst things life has to offer! Why can’t he catch a break, and why is time flowing so strangely!!? Find out when you watch “CHLORASEPTIC” by Owl Be Damned!”