Mike Skinner leading The Streets at Parklife 2019 (Gary Mather for Live4ever)
Mike Skinner has released his first new music of the year with The Streets.
How Long’s It Been? was recorded and produced at Abbey Road with MC Flohio and preempts a collaborative mixtape which will be out later this year after The Streets headlined the final hours of the John Peel Stage during a manic end to last month’s Glastonbury Festival:
“Vampire Weekend provide the Pyramid punters with one last chance to dance, and then it’s a whistle stop tour of the site to catch as many of the headliners as possible before the dreaded moment,” our review reads.
“The Streets’ comeback has been going for over a year but shows no sign of slowing down, Mike Skinner defying the health warnings by offering us every last bead of sweat he can muster.”
“Meanwhile, the pleasant surprise of Reef keeps the party going, complete with a note perfect cover of the Faces’ Stay With Me. Finally, The Cure make the crowd work for their pleasure before rattling through some of the finest songs of the last forty years. Even Robert Smith allows himself a smile. And then, heartbreakingly, it’s over. A test of endurance that’s over far too soon.”
