It’s an inclusive song that gives you space to think of any and all lovers or blood-brothers past, future, present.

Amber Strawbridge’s Bored At My Grandmas House recently released ‘Showers’ a grunge-pop lala-laden fan-favourite in waiting, and lead single from upcoming EP, Sometimes I Forget You’re Human Too slated for release in February 2021. This was her first release with Clue Records and the start of something beautiful. BAMGH are following this up with a release of ‘Skin’, initially released and loved earlier in the year. It comes to us now in a December of vaccine optimisms and packs more bite and friskiness in a poignant remembrance of a pre, and giddy with anticipation of a post, 2020 world.

The winding guitar intro of ‘Skin’ sets a perfect tone, laying the scene out before us: a park in a town centre or beachfront sat 0.5 metres away from at least three separate households with fruity cider in hand. The echoed lines reverberate around the summery scene of the mind and fill us to the brim with simultaneous nostalgia and forward-looking hope. Strings continue to roll around with us in the grass throughout the song.

There’s a real beauty to the track’s simplicity, a pre-chorus explicitly references genericism to the effect of everyday inclusive realism and a chorus bursts onto the scene so catchy it can’t help but whir through our heads and nudge its way into our mouths for a singalong. Strawbridge’s vocals are delicate and airy but filled with ample warmth. The “I knew you knew that” choral fade is particularly filled with sunshine, brimming with quality and that aforementioned warmth.

The bridge slows to a reminisce and a final chorus quickens with drums before unleashing another low-key anthem refrain of “my skin is your skin”. It’s an inclusive song that gives you space to think of any and all lovers or blood-brothers past, future, present. This is the guided meditation to the early afternoon of the Sunday of your 2021 festival of choice. It’s dead nice, and we can’t wait for even more.