"thou shalt always kill" - dan le sac vs. scroobius pip
"Thou Shalt Always Kill" - Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip (download here)
from Thou Shalt Always Kill EP (2007)
released by Lex (buy)
Yeah, "Thou Shalt Always Kill" is novelty hip-hop, British, and dorky, but it also feels like an achievement, or at least something I've been listening to over and over and over. Sure, there are all kinds of clever pop references ("thou shalt not wish your girlfriend was a freak like me"), but there are just as many moments that just feel real ("thou shalt not fall in love so easily"). It's one popped balloon after another, keeping it real as real, in the highly relatable dialect of music geekdom. I likes.
Incidentally, I found this tune via Critical Metrics, a site I've been doing some editing work for, which I whole-heartedly endorse as a dope way to discover new music. A track review aggregator, CM launched officially on Friday, via a BoingBoing interview with our grand poobah (and my ex-neighbor) Joey Anuff. Blender weighed in as well. (Here is CM's page for "Thou Shalt Always Kill.")