Massive Attack Bring In Guy Garvey For New Album

Massive Attack's 3D, whose real name is Robert Del Nal, has revealed to BBC Newsbeat that Elbow frontman Guy Garvey has written songs for the band's next album, which is due out next year.

Speaking about Garvey, Del Naja described him as "a great writer, a great thinker." He also said about the songs Garvey had written for them: "It's about being able to sing something beautiful and romantic and still being aware of someone tugging at you saying, 'This is what is really going on mate."

Del Naja also told the BBC that the band's next album would convey their anger at the war in Iraq. He revealed how difficult it was to write a protest song: "There's always inspiration in there but we've always been very cautious about how to write a song and a protest song is always difficult."

"When it works, it can be beautiful but when it doesn't, it can be quite feeble and patronising or silly. Instead, it can be about how you transmit ideas and share information on stage." He added. "But, whether you want it to drive the record, that would be quite difficult."