The Darker The Shadow The Brighter The Light

The gloomy new album from British rapper, DJ, and now filmmaker Mike Skinner echoes but doesn’t equal the narrative force of the Streets’ classic material.

The past decade has seen The Streets’ Mike Skinner delving deeper into DJing, and it shows - The Darker The Shadow The Brighter The Light has some of his finest and most interesting beats to date.

Ambitious, clever commentary on the club experience, but lacking the incisive punch of his earlier songwriting

It’s a record that has both a nostalgic warmth yet bristles with modern day tension.

It has a sense of drama and occasion to it.

Album Reviews: The Streets - The Darker The Shadow The Brighter The Light

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