Album Review: The Painful Truth by Skunk Anansie

The onboarding of producer Dave Sitek finds Skin and co shifting through genres and gears with ease on their first album in nine years Three decades ago, Skunk Anansie were riding high with the likes of Selling Jesus, turning the heads of the metal fraternity and crossing over just a little, gaining attention in the wake of the Britpop years. Weak (from the band’s debut album Paranoid & Sunburnt) and Hedonism (from their follow up, Stoosh) were genuine hits, and it felt as if Skunk Anansie were going to be around for some time. But things had a way of not quite working out, and the band has had something of an on-again, off-again status.

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