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Distraction Pieces [VINYL]

Scroobius Pip Vinyl
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  • Vinyl (19 Dec 2011)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Speech Development
  • ASIN: B0069RX6X6
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 216,962 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. Introdiction
2. Let Em Come (featuring Sage Francis & P.O.S)
3. Domestic Silence
4. Try Dying
5. Death Of The Journalist
6. Soldier Boy Kill Em (featuring B Dolan)
7. The Struggle
8. Broken Promise
9. Feel It (featuring Natasha Fox)

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Amid a roll call of collaborators from the world s of Rock and leftfield hip-hop, Scroobius Pip releases the LP version of his solo album Distraction Pieces on December 19th on Speech Development. With work on the new dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip album set to begin in the new year, Pip with producers Yilla and Worgie - has drafted in collaborations from Renholder (aka Danny Lohner NIN / A Perfect Circle), Richard Russell (XL), Steve Mason, Sage Francis, P.O.S. Zane Lowe, B Dolan and Aupheus, for a solo record that represents a collision of Punk, Rock and Hip Hop influences. Distinctively attired in trucker cap, charity shop suit and THAT beard, Scroobius Pip is a leading light and unmistakable face of the UK's spoken word scene. Having jacked in the role of punk-bass-player for a marginally more stable career in poetry, Scroobius Pip has been proffering his everyman polemics since... Performing on street corners or spoken word stages, for queueing gig goers or reverential Jazz audiences, Pip became synonymous with a burgeoning post-millennial spoken word scene. In a scene revived by cultural unease, political disaffection and a desire for lyrical content, Pip brought an unfailing wit and disarming stage persona to the uncomfortable truths of the day; such crowd-pleasing themes as self harm, domestic violence, and whether watching Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks is a worthwhile use of our precious, readily commodified time. Now best known as one half of unlikely chart bothering duo dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip, it was the need to get 'a proper job' and pay for his homespun solo debut No Commercial Breaks - now an eBay collectors item - that brought the two together. Despite growing up in the same Essex village Stanford Le Hope, the pair s paths had barely crossed before they shared a Christmas season working at the Lakeside branch of HMV. After a brief creative courtship sharing Myspace links and remixes their very first collaboration struck gold. Hot off the CDR burner, their first song Thou Shalt Always Kill was sent to XFM s John Kennedy in demo form and within 24 hours Kennedy had played the track on his show. Pip swiftly set up a Myspace page with their solitary track... Suddenly it went crazy - everyone was emailing the track to other people, so the only thing to do was borrow £200 and make a video. That video has now chalked up 3.5million views on YouTube and the single s hastily arranged release on Lex cracked the Top 40. Shunning the inevitable major label overtures, Messrs le sac and Pip opted to sign to Rob da Bank s Sunday Best label, ensuring that their critically acclaimed debut album became one of the leading independent releases of 2008. Released in May 08, Angles arrived just 12 months after the first fruits of their partnership had hit the airwaves. The duo s welcome but unexpected rise, saw them working on tracks for their debut in the back of Pip s Toyota Space Wagon, in between the growing list of festival, TV and radio engagements. That this ad-hoc germination should produce such a cohesive and thought-provoking work, is testament to dan le sac s production work and the enduring appeal of Pip s word play. Angles entered the Top 40 and in the subsequent 18 months, the duo has toured Europe and the US to an expanding live following. Visually and musically dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip defy any prefab industry model, their towering structures of Casio enthused electro-hip-pop often cutting against the conventions of Radio programming. And yet they have become airwave and chart regulars, their first album providing the singles Beat That My Heart Skipped, Look For The Woman and the Radiohead sampling A Letter From God To Man. Their 2010 follow-up, the beat heavy lit-pop tour de force, The Logic Of Chance followed its predecessor into the Top 40 with a raf

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Genius? 20 Sep 2011
Format:Audio CD
Well I am a huge fan of the 2 albums by Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip, Angles and Logic... Anyone who has heard them knows Pip is not just a rapper, but an incredible poet. The music is much more varied than the Sac Vs Pip, with guitars creating a bit more rock and also some more mellow (borderline ballad) moments. I use the word ballad lightly (the words of Pip are more insightful and darker than any ballad that gets daytime radio airplay.
So with 9 songs it is a bit short, but 9 incredible songs that get you moving, singing along and almost to tears in the words of Broken Promise how could anyone complain. With so many albums being hit and miss and increasingly more filler, it is a rare thing to play an album from start to finish without dismissing any of it. This is how rap should be. None of this rubbish about drugs, girls and fighting in almost a teenage mentality, but true, heartfelt and intelligent words that really do make the song become so much more than music ever could on it's own!
I highly recommend this album and Pip's other work. Also hopefully this will open people to check out other poets and discover how powerful and emotional people like Pip can make the written word sound. Incredible!!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Another Great Album 20 Oct 2011
By Sam
Format:MP3 Download
Another great album by Scroobius Pip. Would recommend to any music fans. More rocky than the previous albums with Dan Le Sac but with the same lyrical brilliance.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Scroobius Unleashed! 10 Oct 2011
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Proper passion, emotion, and lyricism that will lurk in your head forever...

Previous albums have done sadness and solitude, but here, Scroobius adds anger, frustration, and madness to the mix. Best song for me right now is "Let 'Em Come", where there's a dark optimism to the pending meltdown, but "Death of The Journalist" is a close second.

There always seems to be one song on his albums I can't get on with - last time it was "Cauliflower", this time it's "Soldier Boy". Like the punk riffage, just a bit 1-dimensional compared to the rest, and 30 years too late? But, if I loved it all, it wouldn't be on the edge, would it?

The collaborations with the other writers/vocals change the pace and style, but it still feels so well crafted and precision tuned.

Click "Add To Basket". Your brain will thank you for it.
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