Skunk Anansie - Because Of You

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3...according to our Clinton on Thu 10 Sep, 2009.

From the sublime to the preposterous, here is the new single by Skunk Anansie. Well the only thing I can say about this is that its no worse than their '90's offerings. Its called 'Because of You' and is a bombastic slice of rawk with riffs straight from the Rage Against the Machine songbook. It has come to light that at least two people around here have had problems with ladyfriends who found the Skint Anansie singer more attractive than their male partners. Its a funny old world. As proven in the fact that the CD single (remember them?) has two remixes of the same track in true old school '90's style for people with a fetish for this type of thing.

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• 5 million album sales, one of the most forthright, iconic, and confrontational female
lead singers in modern musical history, a six-year back catalogue to make you quiver -
Skunk Anansie are back.
• They return with their epic new single ‘Because Of You’, taken from their forthcoming
‘Greatest Hits’ record, ‘Smashes and Trashes’.
• Following an eight-year hiatus, Skunk Anansie are re-born, revitalised and as
confrontational as ever, fully armed with highly charged, brand new tracks, a
blistering greatest hits record and a 21-date sold out European tour.
• Written and produced by Skunk Anansie – Skin (Lead Vocals), Cass (bass), Ace (Guitar)
and Mark Richardson (Drums) ‘Because Of You’ is bursting with visceral energy. Kicking off
with a sinister, nape prickling guitar riff, Skin’s intense vocal, which has never sounded better
climbs on top, the track then hits you with a powerful wall of sound, showcasing their
raw power and guile.
• “No one’s really sounded like us since we’ve been away,” says Skin. “I think that people are
ready for a bit of in-yer-face tuneful rock music again. I see us in competition with every band
that’s out there and I think we’re better than we were before. If we didn’t feel like that, it would
be sad and pathetic.”
• The ‘Greatest Hits’ record ‘Smashes and Trashes’ is a 15-track career-embracing
album. It features classic moments from their first two Top Ten albums ‘Paranoid &
Sunburnt’, ‘Stoosh’ and their 1999 album ‘’Post Orgasmic Chill’. From the rejoiceful
‘Weak’ to the anthemic ‘Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)’ it’s a timeless record
brimming with hits, which is translated into the here and now in the form of their three
brand new tracks; ‘Because Of You’, ‘Tear The Place Up’ and ‘Squander’.