Take a look at Skunk Anansie’s fan favorite new single ‘Animal’

Skunk Anansie have shared their new fan favorite single ‘Animal’ – test it out beneath.

• READ MORE: Skunk Anansie discuss legacy and “ushering in a brand new era of Black music”

Taken from their upcoming album ‘The Painful Reality‘, the music has already had its dwell outing on their latest UK and European tour, with its anthemic refrain already proving a success. “So delighted for this monitor to lastly be launched,” stated lead singer Pores and skin of the synth-driven monitor. “It was a fan fave in the course of the tour and went down a storm!”

The brand new document marks the seventh studio effort from the British rock group, and their first in 9 years. It’s set to reach on Could 23 through FLG, and also will include the just lately shared single ‘An Artist Is An Artist’.

In a brand new description of the document, the brand new materials is described as “mesmerising, provocative, highly effective and emotional” – one which reveals the band on the peak of their powers and reflecting on their lengthy profession.

You may pre-order ‘The Painful Truth’ here, and take a look at ‘Animal’ beneath.

Again in 2022, the band spoke to NME about their prolonged profession and “ushering in a brand new era of Black music” throughout an look on the pink carpet of the MOBO Awards.

The four-piece – made up of Pores and skin, bassist Cass Lewis, guitarist Ace, and drummer Matt Richardson – mentioned their fellow nominees Huge Joanie, Child Bookie, Nova Twins, Detest, and Bob Vylan, with Pores and skin saying that “at first, you wish to get everybody, and we really feel like we’re ushering in a brand new era of Black music on the MOBOs, after which we’re going to depart it to the youngsters.”

Requested if the Greatest Various Music Act nomination felt like proof of the rock icons’ enduring relevance, Pores and skin replied: “That’s the intention, isn’t it? The intention is to have a long-term profession. I feel now individuals have careers which are so brief: music ought to be a long-term profession”.

The ‘Hedonism’ artist went on to handle this alongside information of the brand new LP just lately, saying: “I don’t care that we have been huge within the ’90s. Creatively, it’s irrelevant as a result of in my rock bible the primary commandment states, “If thy relaxation on them laurels thy shall wither up and die artistically, musically, mentally. After which financially.’”

Pores and skin additionally added that the document got here at a crossroads for the members – being born out of a time after they have been near claiming it a day, and in addition comes on the heels of bassist Cass just lately opening up a few stage 4 most cancers analysis.

“If we didn’t do one thing recent and forward-thinking, we couldn’t actually be a band anymore. We’d simply be doing Skunk karaoke,” the singer stated. “Now we have made some good information in our time nevertheless it’s been a very long time since we’ve made an ideal album. And that’s the painful fact. Understanding that, led us to creating what I genuinely suppose is our biggest document but.”

In the meantime, in a latest announcement, Skunk Anansie celebrated the information of their upcoming document by sharing particulars of a one-off headline present in Chipping Sodbury. This will likely be going down on the day of the document’s launch (Could 23), and tickets are available here.

The present follows the aforementioned run of headline dates throughout the UK and Europe, in addition to two dates supporting The Smashing Pumpkins in August. Visit here for all available tickets.