Following the release of their rave-received âShanty Punkâ album last year, SKINNY LISTER unveil a brand-new EP to be released digitally on 5th July 2024 through Xtra Mile Recordings.
The âPub Shed Bootlegâ features 6 tracks from the âShanty Punkâ album, played live at the legendary Forge & Flagon pub shed earlier this year. It perfectly encapsulates the raucous fun that is a Skinny Lister gig.
Dan Heptinstall explains:
âThe Forge & Flagon has been a big part of the Skinny Lister story from our very beginning and has always remained some kind of spiritual home for the band. We named our first album after it and have enjoyed so many great and often messy nights in The Forge over the years. We recently shot the video for our single âCompany Of The Barâ there – which perfectly captures the atmosphere of the place.
For our latest release â the six-track live EP âPub Shed Bootlegâ â we again felt the enduring pull of The Forge. This time we brought along a crude recording setup to capture us playing a selection of songs taken from our recent album âShanty Punkâ. It was great to have Smudge and Mandy (landlord and landlady) along with a whole bunch of Forge regulars join us for the session to help fill the shed and the recordings with that truly unique atmosphere. Even Party George is present to get the place jumping with his self-penned song âWilliam Harkerâ.
As Shanty Punk was largely made as an album to be played live â itâs great to take these six tracks and hear them in a live but intimate setting, giving the tracks an even more beer-soaked rowdy atmosphere and a fresh dimension. It has also been a great way to touch base with Skinny Listerâs origins and first inspirations, which remains a part of the bandâs core DNA to this day.
Cheers to that and long live The Forge!”
SKINNY LISTER – âSHANTY PUNKâ ALBUM – OUT NOW, VIA XTRA MILE RECORDINGS – STREAM HERE
NEW EP – ‘PUB SHED BOOTLEG’ OUT DIGITALLY Â HERE
The release comes just before a summer of festival performances at 2000 Trees Festival, Vainstream and Angeliter Open Air Festival before touring across Europe supporting Frank Turner.
They then return to the UK for their traditional end-of-year headline tour bonanza.
Regularly cited as one of the best live bands in the biz, the Skinniesâ annual live pilgrimage around the UK has become the stuff of gig circuit legend in recent years. And already champing at the bit to go again, the band will be hitting the road for a run of unmissable fixtures from Newcastle to Nottingham, Bristol to Birmingham, multiple venues in Scotland, plus sizing-up the prospect of a big pre-Christmas finale at Londonâs The Scala at the tail end of this year.
As Dan Heptinstall says of the 2024 Winter tour:
âOur end of year wouldnât be the same without hitting the road for our annual Skinny UK Tour. And Christmas doesnât officially start until we hit London for the Skinny Christmas bash, for which we go even bigger this year – at the amazing Scala in Kings Cross. Canât wait to get back out there for some serious partying! We might even find space in the set to test drive a few new tracks. See you at the barrier!â
With 13 dates in all across the UK, catch Skinny Lister at these venues as follows:
SKINNY LISTER – WINTER 2024 TOUR
NOVEMBER
23 – BRISTOL Thekla
27 – OXFORD O2 Academy 2
28 – Manchester Academy 3
29 – BIRMINGHAM Castle & Falcon
30 – CARDIFF Clwb Ifor BachÂ
DECEMBER
4 – YORK Crescent
5 – NEWCASTLE Cluny
6 – ABERDEEN Tunnels
7 – EDINBURGH Mash House
8 – NOTTINGHAM Rescue Rooms
11 – EXETER Cavern
12 – PORTSMOUTH Wedgewood Rooms
13 – LONDON Scala
Tickets on sale now:Â HERE