Skindred Share ‘It’s A Crime’ From ‘Roots Rock Riot’ Reissue

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Skindred are set to release the reissue of their second album ‘Roots Rock Riot’, via Hassle Records later this year.

Alongside the original tracklisting, the album will feature some rare and unheard songs from the album. ‘It’s A Crime’ originally only appeared on the Japanese version of the album, but is now being released to the world with this reissue.

Talking further about the track drummer Arya Goggin said “‘It’s a Crime’ was written in 2006 in our basement studio below St Joseph’s Boxing club in Newport. It’s where all the writing for ‘Roots Rock Riot’ took place. The only reason it didn’t make the album was because of how the album tracklisting flowed.”

“We were so happy with how the album progressed from the opening chaos of ‘Roots Rock Riot’ to the epic ending of ‘Choices And Decisions’ we didn’t want to crowbar another song in needlessly. It was a hard decision to leave it out but we are so happy it’s being included in the re-release. It was always a band and producer favourite.”

Vocalist Benji Webbe added “I live in a neighbourhood (Newport, Wales) where back in the day, a lot of people were working hard and getting ripped off in life and then there are others who are just hustling and selling this and selling that. It’s just a crime that hardworking people don’t get what the thieves/criminals get.”

Here’s the lyric video for the new/old track:

Skindred’s ‘Roots Rock Riot’ reissue is set to come out April 21, and is available on a range of coloured vinyl – released on vinyl for the first time – avalible from here.

The band are set to go on a UK tour later this year, you can catch them at one of the following dates, tickets available here:

September
23 – CAMBRIDGE Junction
24 – OXFORD Academy
25 – NORTHAMPTON Roadmenders
30 – LEEDS Academy
October
01 – BIRMINGHAM Institute
02 – LONDON Roundhouse
07 – CARDIFF Tramshed
08 – BRISTOL Academy
09 – NOTTINGHAM Rock City
10 – GLASGOW SWG3
15 – SOUTHAMPTON Guildhall
22 – SHEFFIELD Corporation
23 – NEWCASTLE Uni Students’ Union
29 – BEXHILL De La Warr Pavilion
30 – MANCHESTER Academy
31 – NORWICH UEA