POST – Paradise Circus (Fallen Sun version)

22nd March 2023 · 2020s, 2023, Music

The feature-length Luther film is far from brilliant, replacing characterisation and intrigue with action and a dollop of torture porn. But the music makes up for it.

This is a Massive Attack song, originally featuring Hope Sandoval, in a new version with vocals by Ghostpoet.

And as much as I love the Mazzy Star singer, I think this version actually works better, not least because his vocal sounds uncannily like the gruff tones of Idris Elba as Luther.

The song, like the TV series of Luther, dates back to 2010, when it first appeared on Massive Attack’s album Heligoland.

It’s credited to POST, which is the Bristol band’s Grant Marshall and Stew Jackson (also guitarist in Phantom Limb, and composer of the music for the excellent Bristol-set BBC series The Outlaws).