Massive Attack EP Coming

Massive Attack will release a four-track EP, Splitting The Atom, on Oct. 6 through EMI Canada.

Splitting The Atom features contributions with TV On The Radio singer Tunde Adebimpe, who guests on "Pray For Rain," while Elbow's Guy Garvey sings on a remix of "Bulletproof Love," Tricky collaborator Martina Topley-Bird shows up on a remix of "Psyche" and reggae musician Horace Andy is featured on the title track.

The EP is intended to serve as a teaser for Massive Attack's fifth studio album and follow-up to 2003's 100th Window. It's tentatively titled Weather Underground and which will be released in February. It will feature collaborations with Blur's Damon Albarn, Hope Sandoval, Topley-Bird, Garvey and Adebimpe. It's not known whether the tracks featuring the latter three artists are the ones which appear on Splitting The Atom.

Massive Attack have these gigs scheduled:

Sept. 11 Downend, England @ Robin Hill Countryside Adventure Park (Bestival)
Sept. 17-19 London, England @ O2 Academy Brixton
Sept. 21 Sheffield, England @ O2 Academy Sheffield
Sept. 22 Birmingham, England @ O2 Academy Birmingham
Sept. 23 Reading, England @ Rivermead Leisure Complex
Sept. 24 Leeds, England @ O2 Academy Leeds
Sept. 26-27 Manchester, England @ Manchester Apollo
Sept. 28 Glasgow, Scotland @ O2 Academy Glasgow
Sept. 30 Newcastle Upon Tyne, England @ O2 Academy Newcastle
Oct. 2 Leicester, England @ De Montfort Hall
Oct. 3 Swindon, England @ Oasis Leisure Centre
Oct. 6-7 Dublin, Ireland @ Olympia Theatre
Oct. 14 Moscow, Russia @ Luzhniki Sports Palace
Oct. 16 Helsinki, Finland @ Old Ice Hall
Oct. 18 Stockholm, Sweden @ Annexet
Oct. 19 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Falkoner Theatre
Oct. 20 Oslo, Norway @ Sentrum Scene
Oct. 22 Frankfurt, Germany @ Jahrhunderthalle
Oct. 23 Cologne, Germany @ Palladium
Oct. 24 Antwerp, Belgium @ Lotto Arena
Oct. 25 Brussels, Belgium @ Forest National
Oct. 27 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Heineken Music Hall
Oct. 30 Berlin, Germany @ Tempodrom
Nov. 1 Graz, Austria @ Helmut List Halle
Nov. 2 Vienna, Austria @ Gasometer
Nov. 3 Prague, Czech Republic @ Lucerna Hall
Nov. 4 Bratislava, Slovakia @ PKO Bratislava
Nov. 6 Zagreb, Croatia @ Dom Sportova
Nov. 7 Milan, Italy @ Palasharp
Nov. 10-11 Paris, France @ Le Zenith De Paris
Nov. 13 Nantes, France @ Le Zenith De Nantes
Nov. 14 Lille, France @ Le Zenith De Lille
Nov. 15 Metz, France @ Arenes
Nov. 16 Lyon, France @ Halle Tony Garnier
Nov. 18 Marseille, France @ Le Dome
Nov. 19 Toulouse, France @ Le Phare
Nov. 21-22 Lisbon, Portugal @ Campo Pequeno
Nov. 24 Winterthur, Switzerland @ Eishalle