Argyle, by Birdapres / Rob Crooks

Argyle

by Birdapres / Rob Crooks

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1.	Intro 00:46	buy track
2.	Place to Be 02:33	buy track
3.	Pump Up The Volume 03:10	buy track
4.	Cigarettes 02:42	buy track
5.	Bus No More 03:13	buy track
6.	Summer School 02:40	buy track
7.	Interlude 00:41	buy track
8.	High School High 02:28	buy track

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For the first time ever Birdapres has teamed up with Rob Crooks to bring you Argyle. Named for both an alternative high-school in Winnipeg and the pattern that adorns school uniforms, this eight track EP harkens back to the days of low-hanging backpacks, mind-numbing classes and juvenile delinquency. Although Bird and Crooks are well beyond their teenage years, they artfully use the theme of high-school to express the feelings of alienation and ennui that followed them well into adulthood. The poetic insight that laid the theme for Argyle came from Birdapres’ observation that most people had a friend or classmate tragically pass away during the months or days surrounding graduation.

From that dark inspiration came the pensive “Bus Stop Blues,” a song that developed the overarching concept for this brand new EP. Other songs cover topics such as adolescent drug-use (“High School High”), skipping class to smoke “Cigarettes” (feat. Pip Skid) and the dreaded “Summer School.” Sonically, Argyle is contrastingly upbeat and fun. Rob Crooks, playing the role of producer in addition to emcee, took records supplied by the walking-vinyl-encyclopedia Birdapres and fed them through his sampler to create beats influenced by Krautrock to Miami Bass. Samples from classic 80s and 90s high-school movies are sprinkled throughout the EP adding a narrative that takes the listener from the first day of school to graduation and beyond.

The final result is a hip-hop album unlike any other, relating the experiences of angst-ridden high-school students to the existential problems facing us as grown-ups today.

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released November 5, 2012

written by Birdapres & Rob Crooks
produced by Rob Crooks
mixed, mastered and artwork by Tom De Geeter

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