Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Get Better (Sunday Best)

With Logic of Chance being released next week (March 15) I had the chance to listen to one of the songs off the newly awaited album which was Get Better and I was NOT impressed by it.

Ok I can understand the transcendental nature of when this band first hit the scene, 2 white guys, hip hop, one looks like a ........(fill in the blank), and with angles the spoken word of hip hop beats seemed like a rip off of De Le Soul, but hey no one has done it in years to my recollection, and with its satirical outlook on many aspects of British Culture it obviously struck a chord with many critics and in parts enjoyed it also.

With Get Better though, I found myself wanting to just turn off, on a similar vein to Thou Shall Not Kill from Angles, its basically nearly 5 minutes of social taboo's that we find ourselves in and a spoken word lecture of the pitfalls of teenage pregnancy, small town syndrome and teenage angst amongst other things (a mention of the Daily Mail in a negative aspect usually differs my opinion on most things), in a nutshell the single (not the album) sounds like people are running out of ideas. Like with most bands/artists who are well known for firstly for their gimmick/persona rather than their music, it can be hard to shake that impression off (SHAVE THE BEARD AND GET RID OF THE PRIMARK TRUCKER CAP!). Lets hope the album delivers more.

http://www.myspace.com/lesacvspip to listen on their myspace.