Just Because You Feel Good

I have been listening to Skin's two albums nonstop since someone mentioned Skunk Anansie over at Twitter. Skin's voice has always been a source of awe, stretching -- God -- close to about ten years ago when I first heard Hedonism, and then with Secretly from when Cruel Intentions came out. But, as deeply impressed as I was with Skin's voice, I never really became a Skunk Anansie fan. I thought their brand of music was a tad bit hardcore for me. That was why I was a little hesitant to start listening to Skin's solo albums.

A couple of weeks ago tho, after a Twitter post rekindled my interest in Skunk Anansie, I dipped my toe into the water, and scanned YouTube for some of Skin's singles. That was when I first came upon Purple, a track from Fake Chemical State, her second album. Classic, is all I can say.


And then I found Lost (I know :-P), a song from her first album, Fleshwounds. The video was as simple as any other, but interspersed with the words and Skin's exceptional voice, everything fit together in one string of emotion stretched taut and tense.


I couldn't stop after that. And I couldn't listen to one album without listening to the other as well. Other tracks which stood out from the first album were Faithfulness, Don't Let Me Down, The Trouble With Me, and As Long As That's True; from the second album, I like Just Let The Sun, Nothing But, and Falling For You.

Although I enjoy listening to the songs of most of the artists I choose to listen to, there are very few whom I can admit having a deep and profound love for. Skin is now part of that list.