The Streets: A Grand Don’t Come for Free

I’ll say it right now. I didn’t listen to the first major release, *Original Pirate Material*  . I’m told it was pretty popular – I heard a couple of the songs on the radio, and was impressed, then annoyed, by the – um – unique sounds.

So I have an advance copy of the new one, and listened to it this evening. Impressive! The writing is clever and interesting – a story is presented through the dozen or so tracks, about an ordinary bloke who’s really had enough of life. It’s a bit of a pat story, but the way it’s told, in typical Streets style, make it interesting enough to keep listening and even laughing.

An online review site has done a review of the CD and it pretty much covers what I wanted to say – they’re just a little more enthusiastic than I am about it. It’s good enough to make me want to go back and see what all the fuss was about over the previous release…