Mr Scruff – Donkey Ride/ Giant Pickle
£5.49
The tea drinking one releases the 1st 12 off his forthcoming long player
Just to ease you into things, release number one in this new venture is the most traditional – a single on which Scruff shows that all his music-making virtues are intact. Funny, funky, musically warm and astute, but with some of that cartoonish funfair atmosphere that makes every Scruff release a celebration, “Donkey Ride” is a collaboration with longtime cohort Quantic and pianist Andy Kingslow. Coming on like “Roobarb & Custard” on a day out with Ray Charles, it’s a green dog leading the blind kind of tune. Nuff said. Meanwhile, “Giant Pickle” slaps the biggest hip hop break up against hi-life keyboards and moody strings for the most moving ode to large vegetables killed by vinegar since… erm, well maybe it’s a first. Unfeasible bass and cowbell snaps, this will move the floor. It’s not for us to say where…
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