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Trip-hop legends Massive Attack<\/a>\u00a0will return in 2026 with new music \u2014 but don\u2019t expect to find it on Spotify.<\/p>\n \u201cfrom next year we will release a cache of work created in the recent past,\u201d the group posted. \u201ctracks will be available physically and digitally via a new label with a spotify exception.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s unclear if the band is forming a new label or just making a switch.<\/p>\n Massive Attack announced their departure from Spotify<\/a> earlier this year, citing CEO Daniel Ek\u2019s leadership of the AI military technology company Helsing. Just to clear up some misinformation, Helsing has one client \u2014 the country of Ukraine \u2014 and Ek\u2019s drones, donated by Germany, are credited<\/a> as one of the reasons Ukraine has survived against Russia this long. Massive Attack haven\u2019t come out against helping Ukraine, they just don\u2019t seem to like the idea of AI military technology, which, same.<\/p>\n Related Video<\/p>\n Massive Attack\u2019s last batch of new music came in 2020 with the\u00a0Euotopia<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>EP. Over the summer they formed an artistic alliance<\/a> for artists who felt they were being censored for their views on the not-really-debatable<\/a> Israeli warcrimes in Gaza. They later geoblocked their music from appearing in Israel. The band will appear at Primavera Sound in 2026<\/a>,<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n