Recent listenings - Blood Red Shoes, Massive Attack

Fire Like This by Blood Red Shoes (2010) Pretty good follow up to their 2008 effort Box of Secrets. Drums and vocals (Steven Ansell), guitars and vocals (Laura-Mary Carter). Angsty catchy tunes! I prefer their first album but nonetheless this one has some familiar arrangements and some new beats for them as well! Love their voices and the "dancy" drumming from Ansell. 7/10 allmusic: link

Heligoland by Massive Attack (2010) Took them 7 years to come out with a new album. Well it's here and it sounds like it's 2003 again. It's not a bad thing but I was wondering how all this time did not make them change a bit their sound or try something new. In the end though, it's electronic trip-hop at its best. A very moody and atmospheric record with some great beats. Feels like one track with different moods. I think it's great music to play in the background while relaxing or reading a book! 7.5/10 allmusic: link