Skinny Lister release video for "Song from the Yonder"
Skinny Lister step into Spring with their chest-swelling new single Song From The Yonder.
With Lorna and Dan digging deep to channel their inner Kirsty MacColl and Shane MacGowan, the title-inspiring track of their upcoming new album, “Songs From The Yonder”, is a striking duet to stir the soul.
Set to a score of swaying celtic arrangements that lift and lilt the listener along their journey, the song acts as an open and earnest conversation between the couple about love, life, and longing.
Opening-up about Song From The Yonder, Dan Heptinstall says:
“‘Song From The Yonder" is a proper conversational duet between Dan and Lorna. It’s a song about longing and returning from distant travels to where the heart is. It’s also a song about looking beyond petty disagreements, putting things in perspective and embracing the things that connect us.
We’ve not properly explored this duelling vocal approach since "George’s Glass" from our album ‘Down On Deptford Broadway’, and it was a lot of fun to return to writing and recording a track with this kind of dynamic. It’s also a good companion to a track like "Six Whiskies" - with its ‘end of the night’ ‘drunken waltz’ feel.”
Channelling the communal spirit of the folk clubs the band would attend in their formative years where all of the musicians in the house would pile in to create a wall of sound; the track is stamped with a classic Skinny Lister accordion, features the fiddle skills of Roger Wilson (who’s played on every one of the band’s albums to date), plus the whistle skills of Sean Spicer to bring its instrumental sections to life.
You can stream the track HERE, or you can watch the official video below:
Teeming with themes of seafaring, travelling and drinking, “Song From The Yonder” slots seamlessly into the Skinny cannon. It follows the seafaring Yorkshire Belle, the fervent Plough On, and swaggering drinking song Set Us Straight among the singles due to appear on the highly anticipated new album from the Skinnies.
Picking up where the acclaimed “Shanty Punk” left off, their seventh studio album, “Songs From The Yonder”, will find the band revelling in their nostalgic touchstones, while facing the future with a wide eyed sense of optimism and a warming reverence for what has been. With plenty of harks back to their folk roots and some more tender touches too, longstanding fans will be enamoured to hear that those classic Skinny themes of drinking, travelling, the sea and ploughing on in the face of adversity, are still hoisted high on the band’s flagpole throughout this latest outing..
Written and recorded by Skinny Lister, the record was mastered at Abbey Road Studios by Frank Arkwright. Produced and mixed by Dan Heptinstall, its core tracks were recorded live, and left unedited, in an attempt to capture a ferocious live energy.
A glorious, riotous mix of chest-thumping anthems, shanty sing-a-longs and folk/punk classics, tempered by a some of the most tender and reflective songs the band have penned yet; “Songs From The Yonder” will be released on 9th May 2025, via Xtra Mile Recordings, on coloured vinyl, CD and digital.
And just announced - five extra CD formats of the album are now available to buy from the band’s official site. Each CD features bespoke artwork in the style of an old seaside postcard - illustrated by John Davison, (Cartoons From The Pit) - and a different bonus acoustic track included on each of them. Fans can buy individually or as a set, a collectable piece of Skinny Lister music.
Check them out HERE.
Coinciding with the album’s release, the Skinnies will be hitting the road for a run of instores and shows throughout release week. Expect further touring of the UK and Europe to come later in the year. The confirmed dates so far are as follows:
MAY
7 - Rough Trade Bristol - instore
9 - Yorkshire Belle, Bridlington – album/ticket bundle - SOLD OUT
10 - Jacaranda, Liverpool - instore
11 - Stowmarket, John Peel Centre – album/ticket bundle
12 - Brighton Resident – instore
13 - Banquet, Kingston – outstore at Fighting Cocks
14 - Rough Trade, Nottingham – instore
16 - Holmfirth, Picturedrome – album/ticket bundle
17 - Bedford, Esquires - album/ticket bundle
23 - Lyme Regis, Marine Theatre
24 - Monmouth DeVauden Festival
SUMMER FESTIVALS
JUNE
1 - Wychwood Festival, Cheltenham
14 – Beardy Folk Festival
20 – Sign Of The Times, Herts.
JULY
6 – The Gate To Southwell, Southwell
11 – Moonbeams Festival
19 – Summer Nights By The Sea, Bexhill-On-Sea
AUGUST
2 – Northern Kin Festival
3 – Doune The Rabbit Hole
9 – Doncaster, GIAF7
23 – Volk Im Schloss Festival, Germany
SEPTEMBER
26 – Blackpool, Waterloo
27 – Lost Evenings Festival, Edinburgh
“Song from the Yonder” is out on 9th May via Xtra Mile Recordings and is available to pre-order HERE
