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SKINDRED – YOU GOT THIS – ALBUM REVIEW
Twenty-one years after the release of their debut album, Skindred released their eighth record, ‘Smile’, in 2023 and it was a huge one for the band. Challenging at the top the chart, seeing the band headline Wembley Arena and being generally accepted amongst their very best.
That of course creates a pressure to match the level of success and that pressure (pressure, pressure – sorry!), would also have ramped up with the departure of founding member, bassist Dan Pugsley last year.
The thing with Skindred though is that they’ve always done things their own way with little care for industry expectation or pressure. As they return now with their ninth studio album, ‘You Got This’, you can hear this freedom shine through.
Yes, you’ve got big singles like the ‘You Got This’ and ‘This Is The Sound’, but across the ten tracks and thirty-three minutes this is largely just the sound of a band doing their thing and having fun.
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Afterall Skindred are a band that know what works, they know what they do well and they stick to their guns with dangerous precision. The name of the album feels like a confident self-acknowledgement that as they move into this next phase of their career, they just need to remain unflinchingly Skindred!
‘Smile’ marked a real moment in time for the band, and whilst this album likely won’t garner that same attention, it’s more than just a stock Skindred record.
It’s an album that breathes and simply oozes good times which is what the bands reputation was built upon. Fans will have a good time with this album and when the band inevitably hit the road again, there are songs here that will fit in to their set with ease.
So enjoy Skindred in all their glory!
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