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Distraction Pieces

Scroobius Pip

Distraction Pieces

First solo album in five years from one half of hip-hop duo Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip

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5.2

Label
Speech Development
UK Release date
19/09/2011
US Release date
04/10/2011
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  1. 8.0 |   State

    Pip’s insightful lyrics will linger in your mind long after the album has come to its conclusion
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  2. 8.0 |   Rave Magazine

    It’s hard to choose highlights from an album that’s full of them
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  3. 6.0 |   BBC

    A return to introspective, suicide-contemplating territory on Domestic Silence may prove hard to stomach for nervy listeners
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  4. 6.0 |   The Fly

    Lyrically, his knack of getting to the core of the matter remains undimmed
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  5. 5.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    A scrapbook of over produced amalgamation music drenched in worthy wordsmith spits
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  6. 4.0 |   Q

    Only serves to show up his limitations. Print edition only

  7. 4.0 |   Uncut

    Songs that eschew his musical partner's electro stylings in favour of an industrial punk sound. Print edition only

  8. 2.0 |   musicOMH

    The beats lack, the rhymes fall short and the hooks don’t reel you in and the subject matter is predictable
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Scroobius Pip: Distraction Pieces

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  • 4. Try Dying £0.79
  • 5. Death of the Journalist £0.79
  • 6. Soldier Boy (Kill 'Em) £0.79
  • 7. The Struggle £0.79
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