SKINNY LISTER release new single 'RATTLE & ROAR' from forthcoming album 'THE STORY IS....'
With the release of their adventurous new album ‘The Story Is…’ now imminent - SKINNY LISTER have unearthed the latest track to be found amongst its many riches: "Rattle & Roar”.
Following the explosive punk of “38 Minutes”, the ambient title-track “The Story Is…”, and the New Wave fizz of “My Distraction”, “Rattle & Roar” arrives as another sonic curveball to any listener trying to guess how this Story will end when the upcoming album drops on 1st March 2019 (via Xtra Mile Recordings).
Harking back to the band’s earnest beginnings as intrepid folk-roots revivalists, “Rattle & Roar”, is a rum-slugging, foot-stomping, good-time tune. A souped-up shanty that wouldn’t sound amiss if sung from lungs of any crew heartily navigating the seven-seas, Skinny Lister it seems found inspiration for their latest track in the most fitting of situations. As Daniel Heptinstall of the band explains:
“From ‘John Kanaka’, via ‘Raise A Wreck’ and ‘Beat It From The Chest’, we’ve always been keen to include a shanty element on our albums. Singing sea shanties in our local folk club is a big part of the band’s early history. “Rattle & Roar” though, was actually written while on board Flogging Molly’s Salty Dog Cruise last year - a great punk rock festival on a boat that sails around the Bahamas. I like to feel this has infused the track with some extra saltiness!”
As with the rest of the upcoming fourth studio release: ‘The Story Is…’, “Rattle & Roar” was recorded, produced and mixed with the producer extraordinaire Barny Barnicott (Arctic Monkeys, The Enemy, The Temper Trap).
A loosely-based concept album, ‘The Story Is…’ anthologises a series of personal vignettes inspired by a chaotic few years for the band and binds them into 14 tracks of unmistakably Skinny-sounding rock’n’roll. Gather-in close and lend your ears as Skinny Lister rifle through ‘The Story Is…’ and pull out: scorched stories of aggravated arsonists ("Artist Arsonist"), rib-tickling tales of regretful re-fuellings ("Diesel Vehicle"), and even polemic pleas inspired by some of life’s hardest lessons ("Stop & Breathe").
’The Story is…’ is released via Xtra Mile Recordings on 1st March 2019. Pre-order the album here: https://skinnylister.lnk.to/thestoryis
With one of the most reputable live shows in the business (hailed as “a deafening and visceral experience” - The Independent, 5/5), Skinny Lister will also be touring ‘The Story Is…’ with a series of their tenacious live shows across the UK & Europe in 2019.
Don’t miss your chance to become part of their latest adventures as the band embark on a two-leg UK tour, plus fix dates in Germany, Czech Republic, Switzerland, France, Holland and Belgium throughout the Spring. (Dates below).
SKINNY LISTER: ‘THE STORY IS…’ 2019 TOUR
UK TOUR - LEG 1
FEB
28th - Brighton Concorde 2
MARCH
1st - Norwich Arts Centre
2nd - Southampton 1865
6th - Bristol Fleece
7th - Glasgow King Tuts
8th - Leeds Key Club
9th - Leicester Academy
EUROPEAN TOUR: MARCH
13th - Berlin SO36
14th - Kiel Orange Club
15th - Erfurt Kalif Storch
16th - Prague Futurum
17th - Nurnberg Der Hirsch
19th - Frankfurt Batschkapp
20th - Wien Arena
21st - Munich Strom
22nd - Bern Bierhubeli
23rd - Zurich Dynamo
26th - Paris La Maroquinerie
27th - Rouen Le 106
28th - Amsterdam Paradiso Noord
29th - Cologne Stollwerk
30th - Antwerp Kavka
UK TOUR - LEG 2: APRIL
3rd - Edinburgh The Mash House
4th - Newcastle Riverside
5th - Nottingham Rescue Rooms
6th - Manchester Club Academy 2
10th - Cambridge Junction 1
11th - London Electric Ballroom
Tickets for all dates are on sale now from:
https://skinnylister.com/live-shows/
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