TRICKY

Fall To Pieces was recorded in Tricky’s Berlin studio in late 2019. Tricky is keen to point out that the tracks on the
record can be deceptive; often short, ending abruptly and moving on to the next without warning. Although
instrumentation varies from bursts of tense synths, distorted dial tones, and samples, the song’s lyrics can be dark
and dense. Tricky’s music has always enlisted female vocalists to carry his ideas: the majority of tracks on Fall To
Pieces, including ‘Fall Please’ rely on Marta Złakowska, the singer he discovered during a european tour when he was
left without a vocalist on the opening night. She saved the tour from disaster. “I can tell when someone is humble
and down to earth,” says Tricky. “Marta doesn't care about being famous, she just wants to sing.”
The past year in creative flurry has no doubt been a distraction for Tricky, but it’s also been a period of reflection and
reassessment. Struck down with grief, he had to ask himself a question: do I fight, or go down with the ship? “You've
gotta fucking get up and fight,” he concludes. “Right now I'm in fight mode. And I feel really good. I do.”