So, if you like your music shoegaze-esque - with a little sea-surf to it, for what this band hailing from Southend-on-Sea term 'beachgaze/grunge' - then Skinny Dream may be the latest to set your eyes on a downward drift.
The foursome are brothers James (vocal/bass), Luke (guitar) and Dan (guitar) with Kieran (on drums, and are a creative collective whose name 'Skinny Dream' was dreamt up by Luke - although James cryptically adds, "[it] might have some sorta loose relation to that Kate Moss quote "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels" not that we are pro skinny as it were.. its just a name".
And the 'beach gaze/grunge'? "Shoegazing Beach Grunge is just an amalgamation of words that have been tagged to our music from the few that have listened to it - shoegaze being the obvious one."
So far, with just one demo online - the eminently appealing 'Crush' - they haven't been doing too badly. "After just one day online, it got picked up by three different shoegaze radio stations in the US. I spoke to a guy named Greg at DKFM who was really digging it: he said it had been posted all over shoegaze forums! We were totally unaware," says James.
They play their debut gig on April 5, at a hometown venue, Old Hat, followed by hitting the Smoke on April 18 to play The Macbeth.
Stream 'Crush' here:
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