The Streets will walk to the South of France for a video?

The Streets - aka Mike Skinner - unveiled some interesting news this morning via an entry on his MySpace blog. Attempting to shoot what he refers to as a "music video-type music video" for the new song "The Escapist", he wrote:

For this work of creative moving imagery I have decided to walk to the south of France. I will be relaying the highlights of it with you over the next few weeks of my journey. The fuller story will also be told on our new www.beatstevie.com website, but check that at your peril as it currently resembles a building site. Mayhem is trying to work out how to design websites.

From a grey Dover I bid my English and Albion farewell. Long live Michael Palin.

Okay, now for some context. Apparently, "The Escapist" was originally intended to be included in a film of the same name, but after the director rejected it Skinner decided to put it on his forthcoming album instead. And according to the Beat Stevie site (Beat Stevie being Skinner's "anything goes-based television show" that airs on Channel 4 in the UK), work on the new album - the Streets' fourth full length - is complete and a mastering date has been set for June 19th with the hopes of releasing it later in August. Just a warning though, any attempts at hearing the new tracks on Skinner's MySpace will only result in being subjected to a horrendous cover of Elton John's "Your Song". Honestly.

A casual Google mapping of the quest from Birmingham to Nice reveals it to be a shade under 1000 miles. Yikes. However, based on the ferry pics included on Skinner's blog post, it looks like he'll be starting his trek on French soil. It's almost like he's fit, and he knows it too...

Listen: "Fit But You Know It"

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*above photo found HERE