Quill Equipped Villainy by The Scribes
Album Review
If you are looking for a soundtrack to your summer this
year, something that will easily be a wicked vibe for the summer days whilst
still sounding fresh into the winter and beyond, then you might not wanna look
any further than the new album release from the West Country’s own, The
Scribes.
Having received glowing reviews and recognition in previous
years, 2019 has already seen The Scribes play the infamous Glastonbury
Festival. This has lead to them receiving recognition in NME's
“Glastonbury Guide” and Venue
Magazine's “30 best live shows at Glastonbury Festival”. The guys have
also been nominated for the Pure M
Magazine “Best UK Act’” award.
I first
saw and met the guys at B-Line Recordings Rope-a-Dope 3 event in March 2018 at
Bristol’s Rope Walk Pub. I also caught the guys again when they supported RA
The Rugged Man at the Watering Hole in Perranporth Cornwall in May 2018.
Straight up nice guys whose live show is really one you want to catch at some point,
because these guys put on a great show and get the crowd involved in a proper
high energy, feel good experience.
Quill
Equipped Villainy really looks to be a defining release for Ill Literate, Jonny
Steele and Lacey and I would like to thank them for giving me this opportunity
to review this release.
So, let
me get into album and give you a low down on each track:
Kicking off with DON’T
YOU, this banging track, with nice little electronic twist, catapults you
instantly into The Scribes alternate vibe with the guys expertly transporting
you their world and once your there, ain’t no escape till their done.
Get Down drops
with a more chilled out vibe. This one, which features Akil The MC from
Jurassic 5, will have you nodding your head and hanging on the words of each
Emcee as they flow flawlessly from verse to verse.
So, kickin’ it up a gear on Righteous, this one is all about the guys rocking the crowd and
getting down live. Featuring Leon Rhymes from Too Many T’s, you gotta know, if
you have not caught these guys Live, don’t miss them next time they are in your
town.
So, anyone who writes for any reason will have experienced
writers block and Block War is all
about those frustrating times when you just ain’t gotta a friggin’ clue what to
say or how to say it. This laid back vibe really makes you visualise those
times.
Now, Priceless featuring Blacksmith is one
of those funky dope tracks that just get you moving to the tracks vibe and
lyrical flow. This one is all about that money and how too many chase it but,
in that pursuit they miss everything else going on in their lives.
Punch Drunk is a
jazzy track which sees the guys take us on a comedic little trip into the
drunken antics which are a little too common on a night out in the UK.
Following on from that vision on drunken nights in the UK’s
cities comes another vision of drinking for different reasons. Green Gin is an almost bluesy track
which takes you to the dark world of the alcoholic.
From darkness back to the light with the heavy banging Day in Chicago Cypher, one of those
tracks that just makes you go “Oh Yes”. What else do you want me to say about
this one, apart from just crank it up.
A Bass heavy intro brings in Brave New World. An instantly likeable track in which the guys take
you through many different subjects but, remind you one thing, the future is
there to be taken and it is what you make it so, go out and make your future
your own.
Acoustic vibes and nice beat pervade Adrenaline. This one features the voice of Phil Jeong and has the
guys dropping a track that reminds you that you don’t need that caffeine to get
you through your days. All you need to do is to get your adrenaline pumping;
you feel that and that will get you through the god times and the bad.
Up next we have Bad
Meaning Good. A heavy banging track which sees the guys dropping a track
you might initially take to be a bit dark but, remember this is Hip Hop and its
not Bad meaning Bad But, Bad meaning Good. Ya feel me...
The penultimate track
here is the upbeat feel good and Hip Hop classic vibe Get Live. This one features the Bodega Brovaz and Goose and really
is one of those tracks that makes you feel like rocking to the beat and the
dope flow of the emcees, each of who really come into their own here.
The album finishes off with Vice Grip, featuring TrueMendous. Easing out of the album with a
more chilled out vibe, it’s good to hear the beatbox vibe on this one too.
Another serious message on this one which deals with addiction and something
many of us can associate with which sees each verse focusing on a different
issue.
This is definitely one of those albums which speaks on a
wide variety of issues and you can feel that from track to track. The album
takes the listener on a rollercoaster of vibes and subject matter and that is
what really speaks to your inner self as listen and the depth of that is a
credit to the Scribes and how they have crafted this, not releasing the album
until it was perfected.
Credit also goes to the production here. The Scribes have
brought together some superb talent which really brings this album alive and
creates the perfect flow of vibes and feels with each producer really crafting
the perfect stage for the Emcees. Quill Equipped Villainy brings together the
production talents of Dave Taylor, Fat Controllers, Astro Snare, Vice Beats and
The Scribes own, Ill Iterate.
It is always a pleasure to review anything and, as always, I
have listened to this in my car, in the house on headphones and with the volume
turned up. This album will definitely stand the test of time and will be one of
those I will be keeping on rotation in the car. It just has one of those vibes
where you want to listen to the album start to finish. There are no tracks here
you might want to skip, every track is superbly crafted and shows the skills of
The Scribes as artists and it shows how wisely they have chosen the guests as
each guest artist brings exactly the right element needed.
Defiantly one for your collection this and I would and if
you have not any of their other releases that you need to hit up Bandcamp, Link
Below, and get yourself some more of their releases, you won’t regret it. There
is also a bonus tracks EP available for the LP so, what more do you need.
Thank you again to the guys for the chance to review this.
The last thing I have to say is... Go Buy it...
Peace, I’m out...
Steve.
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