British rock icons SKUNK ANANSIE have released their brand album The Painful Truth, today, along with brand new single ‘Shame’.
NEW SINGLE ‘SHAME’ OUT TODAY
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Produced by David Sitek of TV On The Radio fame it’s a fresh, frank, uplifting and textured album, with the band’s knack for writing big pop songs remaining defiantly undiminished. If anything, their hooks this time around are sharper and sink in quicker.
The Painful Truth is Skunk Anansie’s first release on the newly formed FLG Records, and it comes with a freshness that belies their storied career and previous multi-platinum achievements. It’s a record that sees Skunk Anansie reclaim their place as one of the most exciting, visionary and important bands in British music.
“When I really think about it, yes, we have made some good records in our time but it’s been a long time since we have made a great album. And that is the painful truth,” confesses Skin. “Understanding that, led us to making what I genuinely think is our greatest record yet.”
Skunk Anansie will be playing album release shows across the country over the next seven days, starting with a very special headline performance at Good Times Festival tonight.
- 23rd May – Good Times at The Ridings, Chipping Sodbury
- 24th May – Crash, Leeds @ The Brudenell (SOLD OUT)
- 25th May – Jacaranda, Liverpool @ Camp & Furnace
- 26th May – Rough Trade East, London (MATINEE & EVENING SHOWS SOLD OUT)
- 27th May – Truck, Oxford @ The Bullingdon (SOLD OUT)
- 28th May – Rough Trade, Nottingham (MATINEE & EVENING SHOWS SOLD OUT)
- 29th May – Banquet, Kingston Upon Thames @ Pryzm (SOLD OUT)
The band have another run of huge European headline shows this summer before appearing as Special Guests in the UK at the two outdoor Smashing Pumpkins shows in August.
- Aug 10th London, Gunnersbury Park w/ Smashing Pumpkins
- Aug 14th Colchester Castle Summer Series w/ Smashing Pumpkins