Description
Skeet - Simple Reality
Tracklisting
1. Alone Tonight
2. Brief Call 03:37
3. Young Girls
4. Avril In The Alps
5. Conscious Effort
6. I Was Never Told 02:42
7. Left on the Shelf
8. Song of Love
Emerging from a scene of first-generation punks and 2 Tone kids, Skeet was instigated
by Gary and Nigel Meffen in 1981, fusing Tightrope instrumentals with a Roland CR8000 under the glow of projected visuals. Ater a cassette of their debut performance
found its way to Kay Booth who worked at Inferno Records, the unsuspecting
frontwoman took the liberty of adding her own vocals. Instantly embraced as a
permanent member, Booth’s shy delivery and open-diary expressions of social
alienation and romantic rejection hovered over the brothers’ scratchy guitar and
agitated bass.
Playing as few as 10 shows, their unnerving minimalism was recorded in a suburban
home studio, borrowing a reel-to-reel from Toby Lyons (The Colourfield) and a mixer
from Jerry Dammers (The Specials). Record labels gestured interest until one day they
were no more - no arguments, no official split, just a silent parting of the ways and
three people taking journeys in different direcBons.
Unheard and unloved in the vaults for nearly four decades, 'Brief Call' finally resurfaced via the Coventry Music Museum compendium Alternative Sounds Volume 1, followed by a micro pressing of the full suite on Chris Long’s Almost Unknown imprint in 2023.
Simple Reality now offers a definitive snapshot of these must-hear neurotic postpunks. Mastered by Skeet fanatic Mikey Young, newly discovered instrumental
multitracks are restored alongside a live recording of their final stand. Performed
atop of a trailer in a pub beer garden, the release-worthy desk tape adds three new
tracks and a more energised swing at ‘Let On the Shelf’s apathetic electronic-pop.
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