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“…I ain’t gonna take it no more, I ain’t gonna take it no more, I ain’t gonna stand idly by with a tireless sigh while inside we’ll cry out for something new. I ain’t gonna take it no more. I ain’t gonna take it no more. Soulless music, artless lyrics, goalless movements, heartless gimmicks, controlled and clueless, careers lasting a minute. If this is the big life, well I ain’t looking to live it. We ain’t pushing the boundaries, we’re blowing them up. We ain’t trying to expand the scene, we want the scene to erupt. So make some room on the floor and somebody bolt the doors, cause tonight, we ain’t seeking applause. Tonight, well gee… we just want to have some good new fashioned fun, y’all.”

These spoken word lyrics are emphatically proclaimed by Scroobius Pip (David Meads) at the beginning of the album Angles. Quickly following this exciting beginning, Pip’s electro hip hop comrade; Dan Le Sac (Dan Stephens), kicks in with the pulsating experimental sound found in the first track; “The Beat that my Heart Skipped”, and pretty much continually throughout the rest of the album.

This opening album monologue is a lovely musical doctrine/declaration. It can easily be used as a stinging indictment against the tripe found in much of today’s uncreative musical mainstream. Makes you want to spray paint some of those words on say, MC Hammer’s house (bad reference, sorry) or just about any current mainstream rap/hip hop artist that glorifies materialism, violence, hoes, and ring tone popularity.

Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip are great, and I usually don’t care too much for music found in this genre area. This exciting experimental electro sound and thought provoking lyrics are made with such care and intelligence. It’s the thinking man’s/woman’s rap/hip hop. Pip has a great grasp of the English language, he must have spent loads of time hanging out with a dictionary, and I dig it. It all flows well and sounds sophisticated.

It’s a great album to listen straight through. Every song has something positive in it, and maybe if you don’t find genius or agree with some of the lyrics, chances are it will still have a good, suitable beat. It’s a good album to spend time following along with the lyrics. Here’s some tracks that I just adore and think are outstanding and deserve a brief mention;

“Thou Shalt Always Kill” The most known song from the album and for good reason. It also has a cool simplistic music video for it as well. The lyrics are fun and quite profound at times.

“Look for the Woman” Still can’t get this more mellow album track out of my mind.

“Letter from God to Man” An interestingly brilliant take on the religious front. I wish I blared this over a loud speaker in church when I was an altar boy way back when I was younger (no priest jokes please)

“Tommy C” Neat intro that leads to some story telling about a revolutionary comedian; Tommy Cooper and his strange yet interesting life story.

“Angles” and “Magician’s Assistant” Both have themes of suicide, these get a bit slower, more serious and dark at times, but it’s worth it.

Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip put on a great show at The Horseshoe Tavern this past September. I was of course right up front during their show. The thing that really got to me was how Pip spent a lot of time before the show at his own merch table. He gave everyone a chance to chat and get a picture with him as well. He was humble and approachable for all his fans, great attributes for a musician. I’d still buy his album even if he wasn’t selling it at his own merch table. Angles is definitely worth checking out, some of the best lyrics I’ve heard in awhile from any genre.

Thou Shalt Always Kill by Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip
Letter From God To Man by Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip