tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665647244986970475.post-10058959417073281902008-07-15T22:02:00.004+01:002008-07-15T22:12:59.268+01:002008-07-15T22:12:59.268+01:00The Streets preview new material (news)<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_l_8Myg7NlCs/SH0RTZ4HKfI/AAAAAAAAFVg/k_Bui564pg4/s1600-h/The+Streets.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223350167881066994" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 0px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_l_8Myg7NlCs/SH0RTZ4HKfI/AAAAAAAAFVg/k_Bui564pg4/s200/The+Streets.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>15/7/08</strong><br />Six years ago The Streets’ Mercury Prize-nominated debut album Original Pirate Material seem to emerge from nowhere and established Mike Skinner as a witty and original MC-ing proposition – a motor-mouthed phoenix from the ashes of the UK garage scene.<span class="fullpost"><br />His follow up A Grand Don’t Come For Free, a concept album, a hip-hopera, whatever you wanted to call it, it took things to a completely different level (three million copies sold, a number one single and album, multiple Brit and Ivor Novello awards). It also gave a totally authentic but superbly artful voice to the real middle England – the middle England not of warm beer and cricket, but Barratt Homes and Bacardi Breezers.<br /><br />Fast forward to his last album The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living - released in 2006 was perhaps the most action-packed thirty-seven minutes in the history of pop – or rap, or rock and roll come to that – is nothing short of a voyage to the heart of celebrity darkness.<br /><br />Which brings us neatly to 2008 – The Streets fourth album is close to completion and to give us a taste of what’s to come he has cheekily put up samples of four new tracks on his myspace page (<a href="http://www.myspace.com/thestreets">www.myspace.com/thestreets</a>) Sounding like classic Skinner in action it bodes well for the full LP (full details TBC)<br /><br />The minute long tracks are …<br /><br />The Escapist<br />The Way Of The Dodo<br />The Sherry End<br />On The Flip Of A Coin<br /><br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/p/1EBFE0AA29BE9D2F"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/p/1EBFE0AA29BE9D2F" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="345"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><a href="http://www.noizemakesenemies.co.uk/search?q=The+Streets">Click here to read more Streets related news, reviews & interviews!</a></span><br /><br /><a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/nme-21/search/026-2756392-8154026?node=60&keywords=The+Streets&x=17&y=13&preview=" target="popupwindow">Buy Streets CDs & Vinyl</a><br /><a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://scripts.affiliatefuture.com/AFClick.asp?affiliateID=105050&merchantID=2473&programmeID=6574&mediaID=0&tracking=&url=http://www.7digital.com/Search?search=The+Streets&searchtype=global&submit=Search" target="popupwindow">Buy Streets MP3s</a><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </span><br /><a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://buy-tickets.at/noizemakesenemies?CTY=37&DURL=http://www.seatwave.com/search?term=The+Streets&?utm_source=buy.at&utm_medium=affiliate&affid=0003" target="popupwindow">Buy Streets Tickets</a><br /><a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.paidonresults.net/c/12644/1/129/0" target="popupwindow">Buy Streets Merch</a><br /><br /><script src="http://api.gigsta.co.uk/7digital/7digital_widget.php?artist_name=The+Streets&width=425&partner_id=0&affiliateID=105050" type="text/javascript"></script></span>noizenoreply@blogger.com