Skunk Anansie - The Painful Truth (23/05/2025)

SlenderFrame · May 23

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Skunk Anansie est un groupe de rock alternatif britannique, originaire de Londres, en Angleterre, formé en 1994 par la chanteuse Deborah Dyer (alias Skin) qui est accompagnée d’Ace à la guitare, Cass à la basse et Mark Richardson à la batterie. Il est dissous en 2001 après avoir sorti trois albums. Le groupe se reforme en 2009, et sort trois autres albums studio.

Le nom du groupe vient du mot d'une langue d'Afrique « anansie », qui signifie araignée ou homme-araignée et fait référence à Anansi, un personnage mythique de certains contes africains (déformé en « Aunt Nancy » outre-atlantique). Le mot « skunk » signifie mouffette mais peut faire également référence à une variété de cannabis.

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1995 : Paranoid and Sunburnt

1996 : Stoosh

1999 : Post Orgasmic Chill

2010 : Wonderlustre

2012 : Black Traffic

2016 : Anarchytecture

Révélation

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2025 : The Painful Truth

Tracklist;

Side A

A1. An Artist Is An Artist
A2. This Is Not Your Life
A3. Shame
A4. Lost And Found
A5. Cheers

Side B

B1. Shoulda Been You
B2. Animal
B3. Fell In Love With A Girl
B4. My Greatest Moment
B5. Meltdown

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/23/skunk-anansie-the-painful-truth-review-a-raw-triumph-of-reinvention-and-resilience

Citation

On their first LP in almost a decade, made as two members were treated for cancer, the rockers shrug off their 90s heyday with an experimental mindset

Almost 30 years after Weak gave the London band a global smash, Skunk Anansie’s “painful truth” is facing up to middle age, parenthood, the loss of a longstanding manager, fears that their best days were behind them and two members being diagnosed with cancer. Recorded with drummer Mark Richardson in recovery and bassist Cass undergoing chemotherapy, their first album in nine years confronts such issues with candour and defiance. Opener An Artist Is an Artist stridently lays down the manifesto: over an infectious collision of electro-pop and post-punk, singer Skin insists that a true creative will not be denied by ageing or menopause. The vocalist subsequently addresses challenges ranging from the hedonistic rock lifestyle to her own family history.