Skunk Anansie announce first studio album in nine years, The Painful Truth

Skunk Anansie have announced their long-awaited new studio album, The Painful Truth.

Their first record in nine years, following 2016’s Anarchytecture, the legendary London band will release The Painful Truth on May 23 via FLG Records.

And it promises to be a fired-up effort, too, with vocalist Skin emphatically sharing in a statement: “I don’t care that we were big in the ’90s. Creatively it’s irrelevant because in my rock bible the first commandment states, ‘If thy rest on them laurels thy shall wither up and die artistically, musically, mentally. And then financially.’”

Detailing how Skunk needed to do something “fresh and forward-thinking” this time around, they teamed up with David Sitek of TV On The Radio on production duties, with Skin teasing that they’ve now ultimately made what “I genuinely think is our greatest record yet”.

Get a taste with new single Cheers below:

See the full tracklist for The Painful Truth:

1. An Artist Is An Artist
2. This Is Not Your Life
3. Shame
4. Lost And Found
5. Cheers
6. Shoulda Been You
7. Animal
8. Fell In Love With A Girl
9. My Greatest Moment
10. Meltdown

And the album cover:

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