The Skints

Music is an art form that has the ability to evoke a number of different emotions on the same album. Whether it makes you feel sad, brave, joyous, hopeful or reflective, something is conjured up when you press play. Amongst these emotions, ultimately music should make us feel good, happy and care free.

The Skints are a band who certainly evoke those feel good vibes and in a country that can often come across as very miserable, these Londoners help bring that ever so needed ray of sunshine to the often dreary feeling of London Town.

Combining reggae, ska, dub, hip hop and punk music to create their sound, The Skints have bought back the happy factor and it was a pleasure to see them at The Hackney Weekender.

From covers to their own material including ‘Rise Up’ and ‘Cost of Living’, they really know to conduct and control the crowd. With the audience swaying side to side and hands raised, The Skints introduced the BBC Hackney Weekender in perfect fashion and tenacity, but what’s a reggae group without a tribute to some reggae heavyweights? The Skints covered tracks by Dawn Penn and the infamous Bob Marley, and with them being back again in the UK towards the end of the year, don’t let the cold weather stop you from getting a ticket, there’s always sunshine with The Skints.

Love them! Very talented, very entertaining, Josh is the perfect front man and we had a wicked time! the sound was excellent at the venue and they sound as good live as they do recorded. they are perfect for the brighton music scene, they need to come to Brighton :-)

Great live show at the Concorde tonight with Bedoiun Soundclash supporting The Skints, two great bands coming together for the last song as this was the last show of the tour. If you luv ska The Skints are a must see band.

It was very enjoyable over all, the room was quick busy but not too packed, The Skints and the warm up band were amazing, 10/10 would come again! Blah blah blah blah (a review must be at least 30 words long).

The Skints show was fun and memorable! They give the fans so much energy and love! They come out after the show to mingle and take photo's which was a nice surprise!! I hope they come back soon!!! Thank you!

What an amazing night. I had never been
to see The Skints live before and absolutely loved them.
Came away on a real high.
I will definitely want to see them again when the opportunity arises.