Trip hop bad boy, Tricky, returns with his first full-length of new material in five years! Knowle West Boy named for the neighborhood in which he [Tricky] grew up is being widely held as a return to form. Indeed, online magazine, musicOMH.com, states the songwriting on 'Knowle to be on a par with Tricky's work from his groundbreaking debut, Maxinquaye some of it, anyway. The earlier return of fellow trip hop pioneers, Portishead (in April) with their third studio album, Third also after a long hiatus makes Tricky's reappearance all the more welcome. The sound of Bristol is back though I remain quite anxious for a new album from Massive Attack!
Knowle West Boy will be released on July 7 in the U.K, and is slated for a September 9th U.S. release. The album will be released on Tricky's own Brown Punk label in conjunction with the Domino Records.
