Skins n Slime is a studio album by English cellist Oliver Coates. It was released on 16 October 2020 through RVNG Intl. It received universal acclaim from critics.
Background Oliver Coates is an English cellist from London. Skins n Slime is a follow-up to Shelley's on Zenn-La (2018). He completed the album in Glasgow, Scotland, in late 2019. It was released on 16 October 2020 through RVNG Intl. A portion of the proceeds from the sales of the album goes to Down's Syndrome Scotland. Music videos were released for "Butoh Baby", "Honey", and "Soaring X".
Critical reception
Luke Cartledge of Loud and Quiet stated, "with conventional percussion largely shunned, and pulsating, processed beams of strings suggesting rather than insisting on meter, the record at once feels more liberated and more oppressive than anything he's done before." He added, "The skippy delicacy of much of Oliver Coates' previous work is traded in for an amorphous weight, disorientating and harsh, yet not without nuance." Jazz Monroe of Pitchfork wrote, "Coates takes almost sadistic pleasure in contorting, abrading, vaporizing, ensliming, and otherwise transmogrifying the instrument he has played since childhood."
Accolades + Year-end lists for Skins n Slime Publication List Rank Bandcamp Daily Best of 2020: It Got Heavy The Wire Releases of the Year (2020 Rewind)
Track listing
Personnel Credits adapted from liner notes.
Oliver Coates – recording Malibu – recording (on "Soaring X") Guy Davie – mastering Will Work for Good – design
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