The Skinner Brothers are wasting no time after the success of their latest album ‘Soul Boy II’. Their new single ‘Lonedom’ will be released on August 19th ahead of their new EP of the same name on September 23rd.
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Frontman Zac Skinner’s vocals should be iconic by now. On this latest offing, he has the gruffness of beans on Toast, the insolence of Jamie T but, crucially it’s his soul-boy persona that shines brightest. Theirs an air of the 80s wide boy donning the finest Fila jacket sipping G&T’s surveying the chancers who know better to cross him.
Despite the coolness of the record, their anxiety permeates throughout as our protagonist struggles to belong in London. The big smoke is a vibrant joyous place full of choice if you can afford it. For anyone slipping financially, mentally or emotionally, it can be a pressure cooker waiting to blow. The Skinner brothers take those infectious laid-back licks of The Astors and the chilled bombast of Eddie Floyd for a walk along desolation row. The solo that blasts out twice takes the band to another level altogether. The Coral’s ‘Magic and Medicine’ unites with Miles Kane’s dreams of rock star status to conjure a perfect blend of isolation and toxicity.
“I wanted the EP to have a mixtape kind of feel” says Skinner, on this showing, it’s shaping up to be of a very high calibre.
Tour Dates
OCTOBER
1st - Manchester, Neighbourhood Festival
2nd - Blackpool, Bootleg Social
4th - Southampton, Joiners
5th - Southend, Chinnery’s
6th - London, O2 Academy Islington
8th - Cambridge, Mash
9th - Guildford, The Boiler Room
10th - Oxford, Bullingdon Arms
12th - Edinburgh. The Caves
14th - Stockton, KU
15th - Live At Leeds