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- Summary: The first album in four years for the Boston rock band is its first on its own label, Scrawny Records.
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- Record Label: Scrawny
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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| Don't Forget Me | |
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| Don't forget me everybody says At a certain age when everything is moving so fast Don't forget me every girl has said And I'll remember each and... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Q MagazineApr 6, 2011Skins is the sound of a band reinvigorated. [Apr 2011, p.98]
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Mar 15, 2011Nineteen years later the band are in robust health, and Skins makes for an impressive, graceful addition to their catalogue.
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UncutMar 15, 2011All suggest that this band is in the process of remaking itself for a vital midlife. [Mar 2010, p.85]
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Mar 15, 2011Alternative rock from the '90s might be much maligned in the current indie-centric music world, but to paraphrase Jon Stewart as he once introduced the band on his '90s talk show: I like good music and this is good music.
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Jun 20, 2011What we get with Skins is a mildly pleasant album that's easy on the ears, and is utterly predictable.
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MojoApr 6, 2011They write about what they know. Once that was dashed hopes and broken hearts, now its families and what sounds like pages from a diary. [Apr 2011, p.104]
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Mar 15, 2011It's admirable that the band has committed to a second act of their career and have challenged themselves by tackling more grown-up issues in their songwriting, but Skins doesn't offer much more than a doggedly likable set of straightforward rock songs.
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May 22, 2011
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