You may recognise GILLBANKS as being our UK Artist of the Week a few weeks back—and quite rightly so. Well, now he’s back and his brand new EP, “Lend Me Your Skin” is out now via Tusk Records.
“Lend Me Your Skin” is a corker of a record, filled with a whole range of shapes, sounds, and influences. Opening track “Anxious?” starts off slowly then gradually the distorted guitars are introduced, along with pounding drums, to create one hell of a grunge-infused track.
“Start Again” similarly uses that brilliant distorted guitar element to bring out the grittiness in GILLBANKS’ vocal, whilst also maintaining a good old-fashioned ’90s Britpop vibe. “Loosen Up” has a much lighter feel to it, which actually isn’t unwelcome amongst darkness from the previous tracks—and there’s a beauty of guitar lick thrown in there as well.
Concluding the EP is the fantastic single “Nerve” with its equally fantastic video. It’s in this track that you can really hear GILLBANKS’ influences coming through— from The Beatles to Nirvana, it’s all there in beautifully shoe-gazed grunge goodness. Bravo GILLBANKS, bravo.
“Lend Me Your Skin” is out now via Tusk Records and is available to buy on Bandcamp.
