A dispatch from the barstool resistance, Mike Skinner’s sensationally successful debut album loomed over generations of English social commentary, inspiring artists from Little Simz to The 1975, writes Jazz Monroe
When the single went top 20, an emboldened Skinner rented a room in Brixton to finish his album, recording vocals in a sweltering wardrobe stuffed with bedsheets. He became a connoisseur of tog ratings: “The thickest possible duvet is best for the acoustics, but you need to physically survive as well,” his memoir elaborates. He was hoping the bedroom LP would impress a few junglist mates in Birmingham.
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