After being named 'Everything we wished The Strokes still sounded like', It's impossible to not be at least interested in hearing New York's finest recent export Skaters. After forming in early 2012 when they swapped early demos and song ideas between eachother, the band consisting of three original members:Michael Ian Cummings (Singer/Songwriter), Noah Rubin (Drums) and Joshua Hubbard (Guitar) released their debut EP 'Schemers' , which was composed of five tracks including fan favourite title track 'Schemers'.
After establishing themselves as 'ones to watch' by NME in late 2012, the trio have spent most of 2013 playing as many shows as possible, and amping up hype for their debut album 'Manhattan', which is due out late February 2014 on Warner Bros. Throughout the past year they've played support slots with a host of acts ranging from Swim Deep to Deap Vally, and also a variety of festivals, including spots on the Festival Republic Stage at Reading and Leeds festivals. Their live shows are fantastic, they generate a real energy that I don't see many bands doing nowadays. They also get 'lad points' for smuggling me into one of their 18+ shows by claiming I was their brother.
Their soundcloud is host to a selection of their songs, the first of which is their debut single on Warner Bros, entitled I Wanna Dance (But I Don't Know How). The song kicks off with a hooky bassline before drummer Rubin smacks the snare and the track launches into a behemoth of jagged guitars as frontman Cummings screams the title of the track. The song (I presume) is about attempting to woo a female via some slick dance moves, but unfortunately lacking in the slick dance moves department. B-Side Armed is also available, it provides a much slower, angrier rant about Americans showing off their guns.
Also on their soundcloud is their most recent single Deadbolt. Kicking off with slower, sneery vocals and fast strumming by guitarist Hubbard, it is the chorus that makes this song so great. Frontman Cummings pleads 'Won't you give me one more tryyyyyyyyyy?' as the track behind his voice explodes into a colossal mix of angry percussion and frantic riffs. The track is awesome and certainly got me and a lot of others very excited for debut album Manhattan.
Listen to their (brilliant) tracks below
Written by @charliepizza x x
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