Skunk Anansie release spiky new single An Artist Is An Artist
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Britrock icons Skunk Anansie have released a new single, An Artist Is An Artist. The release arrives ahead of the band's upcoming European tour, which kicks off in Portugal at the end of next month. Watch the lyric video here.
An Artist Is An Artist, which finds singer Skin driving a half-spoken, half-sung lyric over an angular, new-wave backing punctuated by keyboard squeals and saxophone skronk, was produced by TV On The Radio's David Sitek, who's previously worked with the likes of Foals, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Santigold, Solange, Weezer and Chelsea Wolfe.
"His name seemed to be on a lot of records that we liked," says Skin. "But none of the records sounded the same. The records all sounded fresh, but mainly the artists all sounded like themselves."
"I fucking hate sax!” she continues. “Then this really cool fucking dude walks in and played sax like I’ve never heard it before, and at that point my mantra became, just trust The Dave."
"He basically reminded us that the process of making music didn’t need to be that complicated," adds guitarist Ace. "When you start a band it never is, so it was a good reminder of that, and he got us to strip things right down."
Skunk Anansie haven't put out a new album since 2016's Anarchytecture, but they have released four singles in the intervening years: 2019's What You Do for Love, the following year's This Means War and Piggy, and 2022's Can't Take You Anywhere.
The UK leg of Skunk Anansie's European tour kicks odd with two sold-out shows at London's Roundhouse at the end of March.(Source: www.loudersound.com)
