SKINT & DEMORALISED + Club Smith + Lo-Fi Culture Scene

Thu 26th Feb 2009



Live Nation presents
SKINT & DEMORALISED
+ Ciub Smith
+ Lo-Fi Culture Scene 

Doors 7.30
£9 door

Skint & Demoralised began when a 17-year-old Matt Abbott dialled into the world of spoken word performance poetry, influenced by the likes of John Cooper Clarke and Linton Kwesi Johnson. Performing short sets at local indie gigs earned him a name and a song-writing partnership was formed with producer MiNI dOG. The two started to collect a catalogue of songs; the offspring of Abbott's salt-of-the-earth zeitgeist poetry and MiNI dOG's latter-day Northern Soul-inspired grooves.

The success of early demos and a flourishing online fan network quickly alerted Radio One DJ and unsigned band champion, Steve Lamacq. Nine thousand downloads on MySpace later, Skint & Demoralised were receiving national radio airplay and were being tipped as one of the best unsigned acts of the year. In Spring 2008, Skint & Demoralised scored a deal with Mercury Records and by the Summer, they were recording at The Daptone Studios in New York City with legendary soul session band The Dap Kings. 

Skint & Demoralised are currently putting the finishing touches to their debut album, 'Love And Other Catastrophes', due for release early 2009, and perform this evening for your delight and pleasure.

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