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Skunk Anansie Return With New Single An Artist Is An Artist

Tuesday, 14 January 2025 Written by Jon Stickler

Photo: Rob O'Connor

Skunk Anansie have released their first new music in almost three years.

Offering a raw, spiky and stripped-back sound, with provocative half-spoken, half-sung vocals, An Artist Is An Artist was produced by TV On The Radio's David Sitek. Tackling themes of ageism and the need for validation in the digital age, it's the first taste of what's to come from the British rock band in 2025. Commenting on Sitek, Skin said:

"His name seemed to be on a lot of records that we liked. But none of the records sounded the same. The records all sounded fresh, but mainly the artists all sounded like themselves."

Guitarist Ace added: “He basically reminded us that the process of making music didn’t need to be that complicated. 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."

"I fucking hate sax!," continued Skin. "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."

An Artist Is An Artist follows the group's 2022 singles Can't Take You Anywhere and Piggy, and arrives ahead of their European tour, which includes 15 shows across the UK between March 28 and April 16. Tickets are on sale now.

Skunk Anansie's most recent studio album is 2016's 'Anarchytecture', though they released the collection '25LIVE@25' in 2019 for their 25th anniversary celebrations.

Skunk Anansie Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows

Fri March 28 2025 - LONDON Roundhouse
Sat March 29 2025 - LONDON Roundhouse
Mon March 31 2025 - CARDIFF Great Hall Cardiff University Student Union
Tue April 01 2025 - BRISTOL Bristol Beacon
Thu April 03 2025 - NOTTINGHAM Rock City
Fri April 04 2025 - MANCHESTER O2 Apollo
Sat April 05 2025 - BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy Birmingham
Mon April 07 2025 - NORWICH Nick Rayns LCR
Tue April 08 2025 - CAMBRIDGE Cambridge Corn Exchange
Thu April 10 2025 - GLASGOW O2 Academy Glasgow
Fri April 11 2025 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE NX
Sat April 12 2025 - LEEDS O2 Academy Leeds
Mon April 14 2025 - BOURNEMOUTH O2 Academy Bournemouth
Tue April 15 2025 - BRIGHTON Brighton Dome Concert Hall
Wed April 16 2025 - GUILDFORD G Live

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