Hardly The Same Snake

Description

Visceral yet inherently soulful, Hardly The Same Snake is the sound of the Johannesburg-born, Doncaster-raised artist Doya Beardmore finally finding his voice both literally and figuratively. In practical terms, that involved finding the courage to foreground his gravelly baritone in these gloriously genre-agnostic productions. But it also meant branching out beyond his safety net to figure out the artist he truly wanted to be. As Skinny puts it today, This album is what I would have created the first time round had I rated my own voice. The idea of forging your own path and shedding skin, so to speak is integral to Hardly The Same Snake. Begun pre-pandemic and completed in the spring of 2021, its a defiantly outward-looking record contemplating family, religion and major life milestones, from parenthood to death. Where previously Skinny relied on dream diaries as his primary lyrical resource, this time he took notes at design exhibitions, using these unfiltered observations as a jumping off point for songs. If this superb second album proves anything, its that it doesnt matter how much Skinny errs on the side of self-deprecation he remains one of the UKs most fearlessly original voices. Skinny Pelembes second album Hardly The Same Snake is out on April 28th on Partisan Records.