Skindred announce new album ‘Smile’

SKINDRED have announced a new album!

Titled Smile, the upcoming album from the Welsh reggae metal band is the follow-up to 2018’s Big Tings, and is scheduled to be released in August next year, via Earache Records.

Speaking about the upcoming album, vocalist Benji Webbe says, “it’s the ultimate ragga-rocking, dancehall-shaking, dutty-winding, head-banging, horn-waving creation… yes party people the ’Dreds dem back!”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; GIMME THAT BOOM.

The new song deals with the selfish entitlement that’s become so prevalent in this age of instant gratification, based on a frustrating encounter lead singer Benji Webbe had with an overfamiliar fan. “I was out shopping one day and I could hear someone building up asking me for a picture,” the frontman recalls. “The person didn’t care who I was with or what I was doing – they just wanted their picture. In this day and age, people want you and they expect to get you on tap, constantly giving you that ‘boom’ so they can get their Instagram Likes up. It’s important to remember that people can’t give you that ‘boom’ all the time. People think because they follow you on social media, they own you.”

Watch the official music video for GIMME THAT BOOM here:

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:

Track List: 

1. Our Religion
2. GIMME THAT BOOM
3. Set Fazers
4. Life That’s Free
5. If I Could
6. L.O.V.E. (Smile Please)
7. This Appointed Love
8. Black Stars
9. State Of The Union
10. Addicted
11. Mama
12. Unstoppable

Smile is set for release on August 4th via Earache Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

For more information on SKINDRED like their official page on Facebook.