skint and demoralised – Alicia Atout

My Influences: Jake Thackray – Leeds’ very own Chansonnier Charmer

Let's Get Lost w/ Skint & Demoralised

- April 10, 2013

Let’s Get Lost w/ Skint & Demoralised Matt Abbott: Don’t worry, I’m not ranting this week. With us releasing the album on Monday, I’ve spent a lot of time speaking about it in interviews recently; who influenced it, when we wrote it, the stories behind songs and all of the usual

You’ve GOT to Hear This: “The Bit Between The Teeth”

You've GOT to Hear This!

- April 7, 2013

You know when you hear a piece of music and you almost don't even know what to think, and you're practically at a loss for words? Well, this is exactly how The Bit Between the Teeth makes me feel. But as we all know, this is a You've GOT to

Skint & Demoralised: Love Music, Hate Racism

Let's Get Lost w/ Skint & Demoralised

- April 4, 2013

Let’s Get Lost w/ Skint & Demoralised Matt Abbott: On Thursday night, in my humble home city of Wakefield, I was spoken word compère at a benefit gig for the Mid-Yorks NHS strike fund. This was organised by Unison, the large trade union, and as always the crowd was full of

Baxter Dury’s bearing on ‘The Bit Between The Teeth’

Let's Get Lost w/ Skint & Demoralised

- March 29, 2013

Let’s Get Lost w/ Skint & Demoralised Matt Abbott: It was August 2012 when I first listened to ‘Happy Soup’ by Baxter Dury. It was late at night and I was stumbling from track to track on Spotify, trying to find something new that’d grab me. For some reason or another

MiNI dOG Production Notes- “The Bit Between The Teeth”

Let's Get Lost w/ Skint & Demoralised

- March 20, 2013

Let’s Get Lost w/ Skint & Demoralised MiNI dOG: 1. AMORES PERROS This is a piece of music I've been playing around with for a few years. It all started with the drum loop. I've never spent so much time programming a drum pattern before. My idea was to create an almost James

Penned: Breakfast at Sylvia’s

Let's Get Lost w/ Skint & Demoralised

- February 27, 2013

Let's Get Lost w/ Skint & Demoralised Penned (Hand-Written Lyrics by S&D): Breakfast at Sylvia’s S&D talk about the inspirations behind their latest track Breakfast at Sylvia’s! *** This is probably one of the simplest lyrics I’ve ever written, and for several reasons I think it’s probably one of my favourites because it’s very

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Brand new Skint & Demoralised video!

Let's Get Lost w/ Skint & Demoralised

- February 19, 2013

AMBY are absolutely honoured and pleased to host the world exclusive release of Skint & Demoralised's brand new video for Breakfast at Sylvia's! It's a very exciting time for not only the band, but also us fans. So to keep this excitement rolling into future days, AMBY has teamed up

Five Favourite Fab Gigs: Skint & Demoralised

Five Favourite Fab Gigs

- December 21, 2012

There's still an ongoing list of bands I'd love to see live but have yet to. Skint & Demoralised are definitely one of the bands at the top of this list! Wondering what their shows are like, it also made us question what their favourite shows are. So as they

AMBY’s Best Interview Quotes of 2012: Part Two

Gimme Your Answers

- December 21, 2012

We’re going all the way back, through all the interviews of the year, to give you the scoop on the best interview quotes of 2012! Here’s Part Two, featuring our interviews with Big Deal, Skint & Demoralised, The Enemy, The Cribs and Casablanca! AMBY: Last but not least! If you were

Monday, September 3rd, 2012: The Ws & How Playlist

Playlist of the Week

- September 3, 2012

The Pet Shop Boys once famously asked, "If? When? Why? What? How much have you got?"... And we decided on adding who and where! Check out these tunes that begin with how and the 5 Ws. Even though the 5 Ws are associated with questions, there's no question that these