Skream-Sub Island reviewed if the Guide today
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 1:13 pm
Title says it all really. Just thought i'd mention it.
Skream, Sub Island (Soul Jazz)
Rather tempting to write about this sort of stuff - the swinging, bass-heavy London-bred sound known as dubstep - without overwrought images of post-apocalyptic cityscapes sneaking into your prose. Luckily, Croydon's Ollie Jones lets us off the hook by calling the B-side Pass The Red Stripe, meaning (glug, glug) we can ignore the 28 Weeks Later vibe and get our groove on. First, a huge bass line plants its foot on your chest, then echoed-out melodies filter through, like a distant dub soundsystem submerged under 18 miles of undulating jelly.
