Member Since: 6/12/2007
Band Website: skintanddemoralised.co.uk
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F rancis P aul W illiams
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M aria S ally W estwood.
Sounds Like: "Skint & Demoralised...
What a great name!"
John Motson (Legend)
"We know everything's a bit shit right now, but Wakefield's most articulate (and can we say handsome?) street poet finds the romance beneath the realism. Blending witty observations with northern soul , he'll have you feeling better in no time."
NME Magazine (08.04.09)
" Matt Abbott is bringing his gospel to the masses, from Wakefield to the World! Putting his words of wisdom and experience over some impressive Northern Soul stylings, Skint and Demoralised are the words, for the words, for the people ."
Sheffield Union
"Latter-day Northern Soul meets zeitgeist poetry from a Yorkshire teenager who shows ace potential."
Steve Lamacq (Radio 1)
"In the pantheon of those who spout spoken words about life 'neath the Pennines, Wakefield's Matt Abbott, aka. Skint & Demoralised, will undoubtedly be shoved behind the brollies of John Cooper Clarke and Jon McClure. Yet, as the bras hurtling stage-wards confirm, the fella's spitting something sweeter than punk and politics. Reciting his diary-like confessions to celebrate the launch of his debut single 'The Thrill of Thirty Seconds', it seems the town has turned out in support. They've sussed he's onto something special, and it's hard not to grin along."
Camille Augarde
(NME Live Review, 17.11.08)
"Glorious Northern Soul from the [20-year-old] Wakefield native Matt Abbott who has been working with The Dap-Kings on his debut album."
MusicWeek
"...I'm more intrigued by the potential of Skint & Demoralised, whose May-scheduled debut 'Love, And Other Catastrophes...', recorded with retro-soul specialists The Dap-Kings, promises a Streets-style blend of poetry and grooves."
Andy Gill (The Independent)
"A match made in musical heaven...a fab slab of Northern Soul -meets-duck-and-dive-prolixity."
Dan Cairns (The Times)
"Abbott and his daft-alias studio sidekick, who only released their first single, 'The Thrill of Thirty Seconds', last November, have come up with a series of uncannily memorable , chirpy , cheeky , loveable sensitive-geezer soul-rap ditties for those who believe that, at 33, Just Jack is just too old to convince as a poet-ruffian, who wish Alex Turner would speak not croak, or who long for a British Eminem only without the psychopathic, homicidal tendencies ."
Paul Lester (The Guardian)
"Live, the lanky, handsome Abbott oozed easy charm on songs backed by clattering rock and shuffling beats ... reminiscent of early The Streets, with nods to Squeeze, The Jam and Northern Soul."
4* out of 5
Lisa Verrico
(The Times, Live Review 26.02.09)
Record Label: Mercury Records
Type of Label: Major