Skint & Demoralised - Critical Acclaim

Critical Acclaim

Skint & Demoralised enjoyed critical acclaim from a very early stage in their career, and in particular it was the praise of BBC Radio 1/BBC Radio 2/BBC 6 Music DJ Steve Lamacq that led to them gaining attention from several major labels. They received national airplay from Lamacq as well as his fellow BBC Radio 1 DJs Huw Stephens and Colin Murray before they were signed and performed a live session for Lamacq at the Maida Vale Studios in March 2008.

Their first national acclaim in the press came in August 2008 as a "Next Big Thing" from Q Magazine; an accolade soon followed by Clash Magazine, The Independent, The Scottish Sun and The Sunday Times' Culture magazine before the end of 2008, as well as several online journals.

The Guardian also named them as their 'New Band of the Day' on 12 January 2009.

The infamous "3am Girls" in the Daily Mirror are also early supporters of the band, and when they released their first single they enjoyed many national radio plays on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, Xfm and Absolute Radio as well as being on the B-List at BBC 6 Music. DJs such as Sara Cox, Zane Lowe, Colin Murray, Huw Stephens, Steve Lamacq, Nick Grimshaw, Annie Mac, Dermot O'Leary, Janice Long, and Chris Moyles have expressed their support for the act.

As well as a TV appearance and performance on Loose Women, they enjoyed national airplay over the summer of 2009 with their single "Red Lipstick", spending several weeks on the BBC Radio 1 B-List and being chosen as the "Weekend Anthem" by Sara Cox.