Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip: Angles

British duo Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip's debut album, Angles, still hasn't been releases in the U.S., but it may well be worth the import price. Their rock-inflected hip-hop reminds me at times of The Pop Will Eat Itself at their peak, and at other times Sage Francis, cited by the duo as a major influence. They have been unfairly criticized for supposedly forsaking hip-hop's black forebearers. Truthfully, I don't know enough about the subject to evaluate the claim, but I suspect that it's not true. Perhaps Dan Le Sac and Scroobius Pip are just breaking with traditions in British music that have become too ingrained and comfortable. They complain in "Fixed" that English hip-hop has become complacent and dull; perhaps Angles is strange enough to make a difference in that regard.