Vice Records - THE STREETS

ARTIST

THE STREETS
RELEASES
	The Streets "Everything Is Borrowed" CD US $13.99Your country:
	The Streets "Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living" CD US $14.99Your country:
	The Streets "A Grand Don't Come For Free" CD US $13.99Your country:
	The Streets "Original Pirate Material" CD US $13.99Your country:
BIOGRAPHY Seeing that the fourth Streets album is called Everything Is Borrowed, and remembering the world-weary mood of its brutally honest predecessor, The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living, the wary listener could be forgiven for expecting a cynical expose of the second-hand nature of 21st century experience. Guess again. From its uplifting title-track - a euphoric meditation on how to make the best of life's infinite possibilities - to the almost mystical finale, The Escapist (wherein Mike Skinner happily ponders the insignificance of little, fleeting, momentary me in the dappled sunlight of his favourite tree), everything is borrowed seems to be lit from within by a healing flame of optimism. Freed from celebrity hang-ups and savouring a thrilling rush of new-found perspective, Mike Skinner has made a record to console the lonely and bring a smile to the saddest visage. Going back to first principles is one thing. everything is borrowed finds Mike Skinner going back before first principles. Applying his homespun hip-hop sensibility to real instruments, rock history and theological inconsistency, he comes up with sing-a-long musings on such unconventional subjects as religion (Alleged Legends), evolution (The Way of the Dodo), biological destiny (On the Edge of a Cliff), and male friendship (The Sherry End). The first time people heard The Streets' Mercury Prize-nominated debut Original Pirate Material, they couldn't make their minds up whether the person making this music was black or white, from London or the Midlands, deadly serious or a total joker. We know who Mike Skinner is now (Or, at least, we thought we knew). So for him to have come up with a record which surprises and delights the listener as much as this one does is, if anything, an even more impressive achievement. everything is borrowed finds him not only rediscovering his old irrepressible buoyancy but sailing away on that trademark stop-start lyrical flow to waters no-one else has ever visited.
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BAND MEMBERS
MIKE SKINNER- Vocals, Production

TOUR DATES
June 23 London @ Brixton Academy July 04 London @ Wireless Festival 12 Kinross @ T In The Park 31 Lowther Castle @ Kendal Calling Festival August 07 Newquay @ Relentless Boardmasters 14 Leicester @ Summer Sundae 22 Staffs @ V Festival 23 Chelmsford @ V Festival
BAND PHOTOS

VIDEOS
The Streets - "On The Edge of a Cliff"
The Streets - "Heaven for the Weather"
The Streets - "The Escapist"
The Streets - "Everything Is Borrowed"