A new Skindred record is always a cause for celebration, and doubly so when it’s as crammed with as much self-belief as ‘You Got This’. While their sound has mellowed of late, like on 2023’s ‘Smile’, their latest offering is somewhat of a return to fiery form: just as potent and destructive but with the warmth of appreciation for those who party with them through the rubble. The biggest difference that Skindred have harnessed in these intervening three years is a recaptured sense of scale. If ‘Smile’ felt like the suburbs around Brixton, ‘You Got This’ is the sound of the open skies over Hyde Park.
The sense of wideness in ambition and scale is encapsulated in the single ‘Can I Get A’, a song surprisingly mild and straightforward by Skindred’s standards but one that takes flight with Benji Webbe’s vocals; the idiosyncratic tether that keeps Skindred grounded. ‘You Got This’ begins to thread the album together, with songs that boost you up before the party. Between quoting AC/DC...
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