Amid a roll call of collaborators from the world's of Rock and leftfield hip-hop, Scroobius Pip releases his solo album Distraction Pieces. With work on the new dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip album set to begin in the new year, Pip - with producers Yilla and Worgie - has drafted in collaborations from Renholder (aka Danny Lohner NIN / A Perfect Circle), Richard Russell (XL), Steve Mason, Sage Francis, P.O.S. Zane Lowe, B Dolan and Aupheus, for a solo record that represents a collision of Punk, Rock and Hip Hop influences. Having jacked in the role of punk-bass-player for a marginally more stable career in poetry, Scroobius Pip has been proffering his everyman polemics since. Performing on street corners or spoken word stages, for queueing gig goers or reverential Jazz audiences, Pip became synonymous with a burgeoning post-millennial spoken word scene. In a scene revived by cultural unease, political disaffection and a desire for lyrical content, Pip brought an unfailing wit and disarming stage persona to the uncomfortable truths of the day; such crowd-pleasing themes as self harm, domestic violence, and whether watching soap opera's are a worthwhile use of our precious, readily commodified time. Now best known as one half of unlikely chart bothering duo dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip, it was the need to get 'a proper job' and pay for his homespun solo debut No Commercial Breaks - now an eBay collectors item - that brought the two together. So, 4 years on from that first unexpected radio play, with a collected cast of eyebrow-raising collaborators Scroobius Pip's alternative pop persona re-unites with that jilted teenage Punk.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Introdiction (Produced By Renholder Aka Danny Lohner Of Nine Inch Nails / A Perfect Circle)
2. Let 'Em Come (Feat. Sage Francis)
3. Domestic Silence
4. Try Dying (Produced By Richard Russell Of Xl / Gil Scott Heron)
5. Death Of The Journalist (Produced By Zane Lowe)
6. Soldier Boy (Kill Them) (Feat. B Dolan)
7. The Struggle (Produced By Steve Mason Of Beta Band / King Biscuit Time)
8. Broken Promise
9. Feel It (Feat. Natasha Fox)