Longstanding folk/punk favourites SKINNY LISTER will be celebrating five years of their breakthrough album ‘Down On Deptford Broadway’ with an anniversary edition released on 23 October 2020. Preorder on yellow vinyl here.
The London sextet will release a re-issue of their barnstorming and beatific opus on yellow vinyl through Xtra Mile Recordings, complete with previously unheard material and revitalised artwork PLUS the entire album in demo form as bonus digital download.
In lead-up to the release, Skinny Lister will be inviting fans to raise a glass with them and reminisce about the record at a series of online events. On 8 October, a Facebook Live Q&A will give fans an opportunity to direct their burning, unanswered questions about the record directly to all of the band members and producer Ted Hutt. Then, on the day of the album’s release (23 October), the band will be hosting a live Twitter listening party, where fans can join them in unison to play the record through start-to-finish and share their own memories of the good times it has soundtracked.
Initially recorded in 2013 before an official release two years later, ‘Down On Deptford Broadway’ is Skinny Lister’s second album and was the first to be released by Xtra Mile. Produced by Grammy Award winner Ted Hutt at the famous Rockfield Studios, it contains some of the band’s best-loved songs including ‘Trouble On Oxford Street’, ‘Cathy’ and ‘Six Whiskies’.
When released in April 2015, ‘Down On Deptford Broadway’ was widely acclaimed by the music press earning these scores: 4/5 - Q Magazine; 4/5 - Evening Standard; 5/5 - Guardian; 8/10 - NME, the latter praising: "These (are) boozing songs of love, conflict and elopement brewed from intoxicating hooks” and encouraged readers to “embrace your inner Pogue". Totemic single ‘Trouble…’ could be heard to be raising the roof regularly on 6Music and Radio X too.
A firm fan favourite and a record that placed Skinny Lister on the global musical radar, to date the album has received just shy of 3 million streams on Spotify and the official promo videos for the singles have received almost 900,000 views on YouTube.
Reflecting on ‘Down On Deptford Broadway’ and its legacy, Lorna and Dan of Skinny Lister said: “In its five years, ‘Down On Deptford Broadway’ has proved to be an important album for Skinny Lister. The sessions saw us bring a tougher edge to the Skinny sound, helped by Ted Hutt’s live-approach production and the addition of drums for the first time. The album has a special place in our hearts, and is certainly one that feels loved by our fans. It’s testament to ‘Down on Deptford Broadway’ that our live set often comprises of a whole bunch of tracks from it – many of our sing-along favourites. It’s a joy to see it get a five-year anniversary special edition repress and to celebrate the album and all the great times and adventures associated with those 12 tracks.”
LP TRACKLIST (Digital download also comes with demo versions of each track)
1.Raise a Wreck
2.Trouble on Oxford Street
3.George's Glass
4.What Can I Say?
5.Cathy
6.Six Whiskies
7.This is War
8.Ten Thousand Voices
9.Bonny Away
10.Bold as Brass
11.This City
12.The Dreich
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