Skeet Simple Reality

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• Simple Reality cements the short-lived legacy of Coventry DIY group Skeet.

  Emerging from a scene of first-generation punks and 2 Tone kids, Skeet was instigated by Gary and Nigel Meffen in 1981, fusing tightrope instrumentals with a Roland CR-8000 under the glow of projected visuals. After a cassette of their debut performance found its way to Kay Booth who worked at Inferno Records, the unsuspecting frontwoman took the liberty of adding her own vocals. Instantly embraced as a permanent member, Booths shy delivery and open-diary expressions of social alienation and romantic rejection hovered over the brothers scratchy guitar and agitated bass.

  Playing as few as 10 shows, their unnerving minimalism was recorded in a suburban home studio, borrowing a reel-to-reel from Toby Lyons (