Skint & Demoralised

Following a six year hiatus, S&amp;D returned with <a href="spotify:track:4zHwwqXyE5UvU7aYOzoEdI" data-name="Boro Kitchen 4AM">Boro Kitchen 4AM</a> earlier in the spring. Documenting a chat about Brexit at a Teesside house party, it introduced a raw musical edge from producer <a href="spotify:artist:2EGzuPerNGDByVTXU2eDJV" data-name="David J Gledhill">David J Gledhill</a>, combined with mature and politically-minded lyrics from <a href="spotify:artist:3r9uW85JvMBofWFrqKGmnE" data-name="Matt Abbott Poet">Matt Abbott Poet</a>.

Where &#39;BK4AM&#39; brought a raw post-punk energy with it, follow-up <a href="spotify:track:2lCQTy6QwT7kZrQPY1bozl" data-name="#Refugeeswelcome">#Refugeeswelcome</a> contained elements of jangly upbeat indie whilst still carrying a raucous insistence. Third single <a href="spotify:album:184sXS75x70ScQNo0jFZxd" data-name="Superheroes">Superheroes</a> provided intense, elegant pathos and carries a sound never previously showcased in the S&amp;D catalogue. Album <a href="spotify:album:5awWkeL5Hb2E2lQah49DBj" data-name="We Are Humans">We Are Humans</a> is out now.

Lyricist and frontman Matt Abbott volunteered at the Calais Jungle in 2016 and his acclaimed one-man show <a href="spotify:album:7ETrujKrL4FhijQ1JuiqHr" data-name="Two Little Ducks">Two Little Ducks</a> laid the foundation for the new album&#39;s lyrics. When S&amp;D first emerged in 2007, Abbott was completing his A-Levels and David Gledhill was producing under the guise &#39;MiNI dOG&#39;. Northern Soul-inspired tracks about teenage relationships (see <a href="spotify:track:0bdo2BVBeUeDTz9clMOlmo" data-name="Red Lipstick">Red Lipstick</a>) led to a frenzy and within 9 months they&#39;d signed to Universal.

Fast forward to 2019 and Abbott is 30; rapidly establishing himself on the UK&#39;s spoken word scene. Gledhill is known more recently for <a href="spotify:artist:2mkSfdbk3EkKfh45pd2CWH" data-name="SOULS">SOULS</a>. Skint &amp; Demoralised have changed, and so has the world around them. Fittingly, their new fourth album ‘We Are Humans’ is completely unlike previous releases, and represents a sharp political reflection of the tumultuous times that engulf us.