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Fresh Chops: Stanley Odd

• 30th Oct 2014

Edinburgh-based alternative hip-hop band Stanley Odd are set to release their third studio album ‘A Thing Brand New’ on Monday 10th November via A Modern Way Recordings.

To celebrate the upcoming release, they’re streaming previously unheard album track ‘Her Name Was Hip Hop’ – a cutting and intellectual take on an old school hip hop sound and the perceived dumbing down of the genre that goes hand in hand with its current mass commercialism. With duelling vocals reminiscent of Eminem and Dido’s smash hit ‘Stan’ rubbing against a flow not too dissimilar to French MC Solaar, here’s yet another clear cut reason to get behind Stanley Odd, as they continue to defy preconceptions of Scottish hip hop.

“The death of Hip-Hop is not a new topic” explains verbose front man MC Solareye (aka Dave Hook) “Almost every generation of rapper declares Hip-Hop ‘dead’ as soon as a new generation appears. This is just my take on an established concept in Hip-Hop culture, while allowing me to make comments and observations about some of the more negative effects of its commercialism.”

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To accompany the release of ‘A Thing Brand New’, Stanley Odd will embark on a headline UK tour throughout November.

2014 Tour Dates:
15 Nov – Aberdeen, The Lemon Tree
21 Nov – Edinburgh, Liquid Room
25 Nov – London, Barfly
26 Nov – Birmingham, Sunflower Lounge
28 Nov – Inverness, Ironworks
13 Dec – Glasgow, The Garage