To this end, Massive Attack is heading out on the road for the foreseeable future — one hopes without anyone leaving, fed up, or disenchanted. “We’re cool,” Marshall says of his tenuous friendship with Del Naja. “We go from being uncool to cool. I’ve known the guy 27 years. It’s like brotherly love. When you’re with someone you’ve known for that long, you avoid the obvious that pushes the wrong buttons. That’s what we’ve done since we got back together.”

On May 7, Massive Attack will start touring North America for the first time in four years. Buy Heglioland at iTunes.