Introducing: Skint And Demoralised

20-11-2008 14:10

Skint & Demoralised release their brilliant debut single The Thrill Of Thirty Seconds on Another Music=Another Kitchen on 17th November.

The Thrill Of Thirty Seconds is the first single from debut album, Love And Other Catastrophes, out early next year. The album is a rush of heavyweight guitar hooks, drive time friendly harmonies, killer choruses and a raft of memorable vocal lines that recall lost loves and criticise bitter enemies.

The Thrill Of Thirty Seconds is limited to 500 7” vinyl and with it in high demand and half of these already pre-ordered, it will no doubt sell out before release.

Skint & Demoralised began when a 17-year-old Matt Abbott dialled into the world of spoken word performance poetry, influenced by the likes of John Cooper Clarke and Linton Kwesi Johnson.

Performing short sets at local indie gigs earned him a name and a song-writing partnership was formed with producer MiNI dOG. The two started to collect a catalogue of songs; the offspring of Abbott's salt-of-the-earth zeitgeist poetry and MiNI dOG's latter-day Northern Soul-inspired grooves.

The success of early demos and a flourishing online fan network quickly alerted Radio One DJ and unsigned band champion, Steve Lamacq. Nine thousand downloads on MySpace later, Skint & Demoralised were receiving national radio airplay and were being tipped as one of the best unsigned acts of the year.

In Spring 2008, Skint & Demoralised scored a deal with Mercury Records and by the Summer, they were recording at The Daptone Studios in New York City with legendary soul session band The Dap Kings.

Skint & Demoralised are currently putting the finishing touches to their debut album, Love And Other Catastrophes, due for release early 2009. Skint & Demoralised will be hitting the live scene later this year, with dates to be announced shortly.

Read our review of their single here