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Skimmer

I'm surrounded by Barbies, but I'll never be Ken

About Me

We're Skimmer. Based in Birmingham, England. We write skewed pop songs.

Our fifth album, Self Harmony, is coming out on CD in March in Japan, and May in the UK. It'll also be available worldwide on iTunes. We're touring Japan from March 31st-April 8th (see the gig box above for more details), and we'll be around Britain once we get back.

The double CD 'Smitten', is now in the shops. It contains all the songs from our out-of-print first 2 albums plus some extra songs, which in effect will cover the period from our first demo in 1993 up to the 1999 Tufty Club EP. Along with 'Still', last year's 'I'll Tell You What!' album and the forthcoming one, that's a lot of Skimmer records to go and get. In good shops everywhere, or if you want to buy any of them directly from us through paypal get in touch and we'll sort it.

Thanks to everyone who adds us or writes in. We love you all :)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/14/2006
Band Members: Kevin Powell - vocals, bass : Adam Veevers - guitar, backing vocals : Terry Powell - guitar, backing vocals : Warren Beater - drums.
Sounds Like: Skimmer. duh! Noisy pop songs with lots of harmonies and choruses that stick in your head for weeks.
Record Label: Boss Tuneage / Crackle! (UK), Waterslide (Japan)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

A brief history to date

Okies. Here's a brief rundown of Skimmer for those who've been with us from the start, those of you who've lost touch and most of all for anyone finding us for the first time. If you're in the latter ...
Posted by Skimmer on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:29:00 PST

That last John Peel session claim

It's been mentioned to me a couple of times lately that the claim on our myspace biog of being the band who recorded the last-ever John Peel session is a false one. To clear it up, I've checked on the...
Posted by Skimmer on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:21:00 PST