Standing as a moment of tranquillity and reflection amid the playful folk-punk ruckus of their latest album, A Matter Of Life & Love, new single, “Bonny’s Eyes,” sees Skinny Lister tuning into their traditional roots to summon one of their most humbling, harmonious ditties to date. Blending lullaby-like vocals with twinkling acoustics, the band is joined by friend and respected folkie Roger Wilson, who lays down the track’s flourishing fiddle sections. “Bonny’s Eyes” is accompanied by an official video that finds the real Bonny making her acting debut. Echoing the sentiment of the lyrics with sweet-natured visuals, the video captures Bonny’s innocent curiosity and natural fascination as she revels in the simple wonders of a day out.
Introducing Bonny and the song that she inspired, her dad and frontman of Skinny Lister Dan Heptinstall says: “After recently becoming a parent, it felt kind of inevitable that a song would be spawned from such an emotionally potent experience. Though the song is blatantly inspired by having a child, it’s fundamentally a song about returning home from travels to a loved one. So it has a universality that can just as easily apply to any relationship. Like the title track of our new album ‘A Matter Of Life & Love’, the song is essentially about recognizing that despite all of our searching and far-reaching ambitions, sometimes the things that really count in life are a little closer to home. The song is a gentle little reminder to treasure those things.”
“Bonny’s Eyes” follows previous singles “Damn The Amsterdam” (which saw the band team up with The Longest Johns) plus album title-track “A Matter Of Life & Love.” Described by the folk-punk stalwarts as a collection of tracks that “really matter to them,” A Matter Of Life & Love is an album that pulses with blood, sweat and cheers. The distillation of everything that has seen the world fall for Skinny Lister’s charms, it swings from ska to rock, to folk-punk and traditional shanties, over the course of its 12 eclectic tracks. A record that celebrates all the best things life has to offer, it is also the first to be made, mixed and produced entirely by the band themselves.