| Skinny Living | |
| Origin: | Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England |
| Genre: | Indie soul |
| Years Active: | 2013–present[1] |
| Website: | skinnyliving.co.uk |
| Current Members: |
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| Past Members: | Rhys Anderton |
Skinny Living are a three-piece English indie-soul band from Wakefield, West Yorkshire.[2] The band is made up of guitarist Will Booth, Belfast-born vocalist[3] Ryan Johnston and guitarist Danny Hepworth.[4]
The name Skinny Living describes the financial reality and lifestyle of the working class – hard graft on a low income with a lust for life, passion for family and an optimistic attitude about the future.[5] The band signed to RCA Records in 2017, and then to Polydor in 2019. That same year saw them have their tracks featured on the likes of Clash Magazine,[6] play over 250 shows, as well as being selected to headline Live at Leeds.[7] In 2020 they were going to be touring with The Kaiser Chiefs, as well as headlining their own shows in London and Leeds.[8]
With over 60 million streams worldwide, Skinny Living had a hiatus in 2020, when they signed to Parlophone and released a side project in the form of an EP called "Textures" under the alias 'New Familiar'.[9]
By the end of 2022, the band were back to being called Skinny Living, and issued the single "Who Likes" produced by Eg White[10] and Rich Cooper. On 9 November 2022, the band played a gig at King Tuts in Glasgow.[11]
In September 2024, Skinny Living released "No Messiah"[12] from their album Day by Day, a self-released album that was expected to chart in the top 10 of the UK Albums Chart on 21 October 2024.[13] However, it ultimately charted at Number 24 in the UK charts.[14]