On his MySpace blog Skinner has already declared the next Streets album will be his last, abandoning samples altogether in favour of a completely live set-up. With his sharp eye for the minutiae of modern life almost masochistically reined in on Everything is Borrowed, let's just hope he doesn't go mugging himself.

Simon Reynolds (2 June 2008). "The Streets to split after fifth album". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 7 January 2009 . Retrieved 28 February 2013. On the Flip of a Coin' makes a game stab at allegorical narrative over an easy-rolling R&B strut, while 'The Sherry End''s sharp-suited funk bumps up against a fizzing lyric celebrating the private lingo that exists between friends. The fourth album by genre-bending UK rap act The Streets was the succinct Everything Is Borrowed. Though mixed by UK garage legend Mike Millrain, who had also played a part in the group’s third record, 2006’s The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living, it is almost completely dislocated from their garage roots, featuring as it does the Czech FILMharmonic Orchestra alongside busy British harpist Camilla Pay. While The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living had wrapped up the tale of Mike Skinner’s time in music to date – sometimes in grim detail – it also laid the groundwork for him to expand into broader matters in his inimitable, relatable way. Released on 15 September 2008 in the UK, and following on 7 October in the US, Everything Is Borrowed saw Skinner reflecting upon the maturation of Generation X, and its thematic content is even more relevant now than on first release. Listen to ‘Everything Is Borrowed’ here. Morgan Nicholls – bass guitar, guitar, percussion, programing piano, synthesizers (2003–2005; 2008)Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDFed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p.269. a b c d e f g h "British certifications – Streets". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 28 September 2022. Type Streets in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter. The Streets is an English musical project led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mike Skinner. The project was founded in the early 90s, while Skinner was still a teenager; however, no music would formally eventuate until the early 2000s. In the initial run of The Streets, the project released five studio albums: Original Pirate Material (2002), A Grand Don't Come for Free (2004), The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living (2006), Everything Is Borrowed (2008) and Computers and Blues (2011). The Streets also released a string of successful singles during this time, which reached the Top 40 on the UK Singles chart – including " Has It Come to This?", " Fit but You Know It", " Dry Your Eyes" (the project's only number-one single), " When You Wasn't Famous" and " Prangin' Out". After disbanding The Streets in 2011, Skinner pursued several other musical projects before ultimately reviving the moniker in 2017. A mixtape, None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive, was released in 2020. The Streets' sixth studio album, The Darker the Shadow the Brighter the Light, was released in September 2023. [1] Listen to the Streets' New Song "If You Ever Need To Talk I'm Here" | Pitchfork". Pitchfork. 31 January 2018. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018 . Retrieved 1 February 2018. Mike Skinner films epic trek through France, London: The Observer, 10 August 2008 , retrieved 27 August 2008

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Skinner’s most relaxed, unselfconscious and thematically diverse record yet

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