September 23rd, 2008 | 3:32 pm
Tricky: “Knowle West Boy”
by, runo
There’s nothing sadder than an artist that consistently chases past success and comes up short each and every time. Tricky is an artist that is at once intriguing and frustrating in that he’ll probably never quite attain the success of Massive Attack or his debut solo work Maxinquaye, but on his latest effort Knowle West Boy he comes closer to finding his past mojo and shouldn’t have trouble finding new fans for it.
The album title is a nod to the area in Bristol, England where he was born and raised and the album sounds like an attempt at trying to acknowledge not only his roots in locale but also his roots in musical style.
