The ‘09 Ivor Novello Outstanding Contributor to British Music (and the band that provides the best soundtrack to a hangover) Massive Attack, are finally providing new tunes – their first in three years. The EP of four tracks, Splitting The Atom, has already been deemed Zane Lowe’s Hottest Record of the Week. It’s out digitally on Oct 2, but you can stream the EP in full from theinsoundfromwayout.com. No need to say thankyou.

After the Splitting The Atom EP, Massive Attack will release their fifth studio album in Feb 2010. The album will cram in collaborations with Damon Albarn, Hope Sandoval, Martina Topley-Bird, Guy Garvey and Tunde Adebimpe. Long time cohort Horace Andy is coming back to the fold with the band’s founding members Robert Del Naja and Grant Marshall.

Click on the links below to listen (stream via Windows Media Player) or download from iTunes. Happy listening!

• Splitting The Atom
  The lead track, featuring Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall and Horace Andy.
• Pray For Rain
  Features TV On The Radio frontman Tunde Adebimpe.
• Bulletproof Love (Van Rivers and The Subliminal Kid Remix)
  Fronted by Guy Garvey. The stripped back, minimalist Christoff Berg reworking of Bulletproof Love. Bergoff (alongside Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid) produced the Fever Ray eponymous album.
• Psyche (Flash Treatment)
  Psyche features Martina Topley-Bird and was given the re-rub by Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid, who recently remixed Bat For Lashes and The Big Pink.