Skin by Skulk
On her debut release for ONNO, Goa-based composer, producer, and visual artist Skulk (the moniker of Katyayini Gargi) presents Skin — a twelve-track, forty-minute album that marks her sophomore emergence with renewed confidence and clarity. Primarily synth-driven, the record places her voice at the centre, bold and brimming with her quirky, raw energy, and woven into inventive sound design.
Structured in two six-track halves, Skin is divided between the inside and the outside; the personal and the political.
The A side turns inward, with songs that are more literal and instructional; concerned with — how not to drown — in the everyday; the churning sea that is life.
The B side bears witness to the world beyond the self, transforming that same question — how not to drown — into a metaphor for navigating the socio-political and collective, which still feels deeply intimate. The political is personal, too.
Together, the two halves mirror a continuous oscillation between reflection and response, self and society. The album culminates with “Free”, a cathartic, tongue-in-cheek, cloud-busting anthem for moments when it all becomes too much to bear.
Skin stands as Skulk’s most assured work yet — a self-portrait in motion, where she grows more comfortable in her own skin while refining her craft as lyricist, producer, and sound sculptor.
Tracklist
| 1. | Quagmire | 2:43 |
| 2. | Skin | 3:51 |
| 3. | Tingles in the heart | 2:12 |
| 4. | Scratch my back | 4:08 |
| 5. | Running | 2:32 |
| 6. | Summertime | 3:01 |
| 7. | Aa/ja | 2:15 |
| 8. | Creeper | 2:58 |
| 9. | Something divine | 2:48 |
| 10. | Censor (9 to life) | 3:38 |
| 11. | Alarm | 3:16 |
| 12. | Free | 3:15 |
Credits
Written, Performed and Produced by Skulk
Cover artwork by Katyayini Gargi
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Released by ONNO
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