I’ve just finished listening to the album of Scroobius Pip doing spoken word at the Royal Albert Hall. I’m now kicking myself I wasn’t there – though it’s surely a side venue rather than the hall itself.
I’ve heard him do this before. But it’s never worked for me live, largely because it’s such a contrast to the rest of the live show. Yet it really resonates with me as something to listen quietly and attentively. I hadn’t realised what a talented storyteller he is or, indeed, how central storytelling is to his work:
Mark Carrigan 