Skinhead - Jog Your Memory

  

  

  Skinhead are California-based and New England-bred. I first came across them at the end of 2023 when I was impressed by their album Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt. The title "is a well-known phrase from Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse-Five. It's often interpreted as a wry, almost ironic, way of looking at the absurdity and pain of life, suggesting a detached acceptance of the unpredictable nature of existence." I mention that just to demonstrate that this is a band that aren't just catchy choruses with no substance... It is very catchy, it's just it seems a little more substantial than is sometimes the case.  

  Next month sees them returning with a new album titled It's a Beautiful Day, What a Beautiful Day. It'll be available on vinyl via Closed Casket Activities : 

https://closedcasketactivities.com/products/skinhead-its-a-beautiful-day-what-a-beautiful-day

There's 3 tracks streaming on Bandcamp : 

https://skinhead.bandcamp.com/album/its-a-beautiful-day-what-a-beautiful-day

  I played Ancient History on last week's show so today I'll highlight Jog Your Memory...

In the car Not a new occasion We’re here for a home invasion Got the mob Knuckles throb Nothing left but To finish the job And the last words You said to me Is it’s on now If you want it to be You lock your eyes on me While you scream How you can’t believe This is happening You lock your eyes on me While you scream How you can’t believe This is happening You had time to squash this You weren’t acting very modest Now with scary faces Ski-masks and boots with braces You can’t help but plea All of a sudden This isn’t what you mean Then why did you have to persist That we come here And give you this free facelift Hope we all can coexist? I think there’s something that you missed Do you remember the last worlds you said to me? I would be offended if you made me repeat You don’t remember the last words you said to me?? Maybe this will jog your memory You lock your eyes on me While you scream How you can’t believe This is happening You lock your eyes on me While you scream How you can’t believe This is happening You lock your eyes on me While you scream How you can’t believe This is happening You lock your eyes on me While you scream How you can’t believe This is happening