Tricky False Idols

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Tricky returned in 2013 with the new studio album, False Idols, and his own label (also bearing the False Idols name), but he also returned in a personal sense. "I was lost for ages", he says. "I was trying to prove something to people, trying to do something to please other people and also myself at the same time, which is never going to work. To be honest with you, I've been floating around since Chris Blackwell and Island. My last two albums, I thought they were good, but I realise now they weren't. This album is about me finding myself again." It opens with a cover of a Van Morrison song, "Somebody's Sins," which sees Tricky and vocalist Francesca Belmonte whispering "Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine" over a sparse groaning bass. The lead single "Parenthesis," which features a vocals from Peter Silberman of The Antlers, has more rhythmic grunt, which gives a different dimension to the dark gothic atmosphere that pervades the record. No-one does this kind of thing better. The resemblance to Maxinquaye is undeniable, though the material on False Idols is gentler; more mature. Many of the songs feature artists signed to Tricky's new label, including Londoner Francesca Belmonte and Fifi Rong. The album also includes collaborations with Nigeria's global star Nneka, the aforementioned Silberman.