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Hardly The Same Snake
Artist
Skinny Pelembe
Label
Partisan Records
Catalogue Number
PTKF3028
Release Date
April 28, 2023
  • Vinyl 1×LP, Limited Coloured

    $25.00

    Limited Edition - 1 x 140g translucent red LP housed in a single sleeve jacket and printed inner sleeve.

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    • + MP3

    PTKF3028-3

  • Vinyl 12”

    $25.00

    Standard - 1 x 140g black LP housed in a single sleeve jacket and printed inner sleeve.

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    • + MP3

    PTKF3028-1

  • CD

    $14.00

    CD housed in a cardboard wallet

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    PTKF3028-2

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    Hardly The Same Snake via digital download. MP3.

Visceral yet inherently soulful, Hardly The Same Snake is the sound of the Johannesburg-born, Doncaster-raised artist Doya Beardmore finally finding his voice – both literally and figuratively. In practical terms, that involved finding the courage to foreground his gravelly baritone in these gloriously genre-agnostic productions. But it also meant branching out beyond his safety net to figure out the artist he truly wanted to be. As Skinny puts it today, “This album is what I would have created the first time round had I rated my own voice.”

The idea of forging your own path – and shedding skin, so to speak – is integral to 'Hardly The Same Snake'. Begun pre-pandemic and completed in the spring of 2021, it’s a defiantly outward-looking record contemplating family, religion and major life milestones, from parenthood to death. Where previously Skinny relied on dream diaries as his primary lyrical resource, this time he took notes at design exhibitions, using these unfiltered observations as a jumping off point for songs.

If this superb second album proves anything, it’s that it doesn’t matter how much Skinny errs on the side of self-deprecation – he remains one of the UK’s most fearlessly original voices.

Digital Tracklist

  1. 1 Same Eye Colour 3:39 Buy

    Same Eye Colour

  2. 2 Hardly the Same Snake 4:38 Buy

    Hardly the Same Snake

  3. 3 Deadman Deadman Deadman 3:28 Buy

    Deadman Deadman Deadman

  4. 4 Don't Be Another 3:39 Buy

    Don't Be Another

  5. 5 Oh Silly George 3:44 Buy

    Oh Silly George

  6. 6 Charabanc 4:07 Buy

    Charabanc

  7. 7 Like A Heart Won't Beat 2:38 Buy

    Like A Heart Won't Beat

  8. 8 Well, There's a First 4:16 Buy

    Well, There's a First

  9. 9 Secret Hiding Place 2:16 Buy

    Secret Hiding Place

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