As the Southampton trio traversed onto the stage to play the Ritz, you could tell Band Of Skulls had something big going on. They opened with their single ‘Asleep at the Wheel’. Bass player Emma Richardson stood poised before the microphone in her red leather jacket and fresh bob as her vocals echoed around the room, ‘Cause where we are going is anyone’s guess’ hit with a crash drums from Matthew Hayward and riffs galore from skillful Russell Marsden. They oozed cool, the sound was beyond quality and they churned out some breath-taking songs from their new album ‘Himalayan’ along with some oldies like ‘You’re Not Pretty But You Got It ‘Goin On’ and ‘I Know What I Am’. All eyes were focused on the stage, all ears on the music. Three spotlights shone behind the 3 silhouettes whilst the crowd jumped, air punched and formed the anticipating mosh pits. They then hit us with ‘I Guess I Know You Fairly Well’ one of the best songs on the album – starting slow with just a guitar and Russell’s vocals, then drums, a pause and that chorus, this band really know how to do rock. ‘Hoochie Coochie’ and ‘I Feel Like Ten Men, Nine Dead And One Dying’ were also popular with the crowd. Producer Nick Launay used his experience with bands like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arcade Fire and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds to help influence the band whilst creating the album they have done on Electric Blues Recordings.
The album is out NOW you can purchase from any of the stores below:
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/Himalayan
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/HimalayanAMZN
RecordStore: http://smarturl.it/HimalayanRCRDSTR
Official Store: http://smarturl.it/HimalayanSTR
Stream the album on Spotify here
