Just over a decade ago, Mike Skinner, the driving force behind The Streets, stopped work on the iconic garage outfit. He said he “genuinely never wanted to rap again” and was sick with the baggage a music career brought. Now, he’s back, with, yes, a new album, but his debut film too.
It turns out that for the past 10 years he has been fulfilling his lifelong dream of making a movie – and the album accidentally emerged during the process. Both film and album are called The Darker the Shadow the Brighter the Light. “The reason I stopped doing The Streets was to make a film and the reason I started The Streets again was to make a film,” Skinner smiles, dressed head-to-toe in his trademark black.
