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here are times in
Tlife when the
only way to move for-
ward is to take a turn in
a completely opposite
direction. To rip up and
forget everything you
have done in the past
and start again. Fresh
and new. This is ex-
actly what Skarlett Riot
have chosen to do with
their second full-
length studio album
‘Regenerate’, which,
nearly half a decade
after their debut LP,
marks not only a new,
harder and more re-
fined sound to the
band, but sees them
producing their best
work yet.
Skarlett

he wait between albums has been a the shift and improvement in their music aforementioned lead singer and her drum-
Tlong time coming for Skarlett Riot has not been as dramatic as it would seem ming bandmate Luke Oglesby, tell Black
fans and their debut LP, ‘Tear Me Down’, if you only paid attention to their full-length Velvet how they came to be the band they
feels almost like a lifetime ago. When you albums. In fact, the EPs provide a nice have now become.
plug in their latest release, it makes their bridge between the two, but nonetheless, Skarlett starts, “With the first album we
previous work sound even older. On ‘Re- ‘Regenerate’ still stands alone as the finest were kind of finding our feet as a band and
generate’ they sound like an almost com- hour in their career to date. it’s very much a rock album; it’s got a bit of
pletely different band to that of a few years And the band have harnessed this en- pop in it I would say, but the latest album,
ago. The only obvious resemblance is the hanced confidence and ability superbly. It I’d say we’ve matured more as a band; the
identifiable tones of their lead singer Skar- shows not only on the record but live as more we’ve grown and played together as
lett, or Chloe Drinkwater to her friends, but well. Anyone who saw them touring off the a band it’s just naturally come out heavier.
even her talents have clearly evolved and back of ‘Tear Me Down’ will surely agree We decided to experiment a bit more with
improved with time, which is a key factor in that on stage they have blossomed and are our sound and experiment more as musi-
the brilliance of their new record. also barely recognisable from their younger cians really. With every album we want to
Of course, much has happened in be- selves, showing how far they have come in challenge ourselves and I think it has natu-
tween the two albums, the most significant a relatively short space of time, but of rally progressed that way.
in the world of Skarlett Riot being their two course these things are rarely as straight- “As for making an album, we got an
EPs, ‘We Are The Brave’ in 2015, and 2016’s forward as they seem. offer from Despotz Records and they didn’t
‘Sentience’. A listen to those will show that As we sit down to discuss things, the want EPs. They said “Nope, we want full-

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