CAVETOWN ANNOUNCES ALBUM ‘RUNNING WITH SCISSORS’
NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO ‘RAINBOW GAL’ OUT NOW VIA FUTURES MUSIC GROUP / VIRGIN MUSIC GROUP
Running With Scissors Track List
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Cryptid
Rainbow Gal
Baby Spoon
NPC
Reaper
Straight Through My Head (DO IT!!!)
Tarmac
No Bark No Bite
Micah
Sailboat
First Time
Running With Scissors
Singer, songwriter and producer Cavetown, the moniker of UK-born Robin Skinner, has announced his forthcoming album Running With Scissors, set for release on 16 January via Futures Music Group / Virgin Music Group. Alongside the announcement, he has shared the shimmering new single and video ‘Rainbow Gal’, a synth-laced love song inspired by his relationship. The track, built on 8-bit textures and glitchy vocals, reflects the grounding comfort his partner brings to him even from afar. “‘Rainbow Gal’ is like a light display turned into a song, she brings all the color into my life,” says Skinner.
Cavetown has grown from uploading songs in his Cambridge bedroom to becoming one of the most beloved voices of his generation, amassing billions of streams and six RIAA Platinum singles. His music, ranging from intimate lo-fi beginnings to expansive indie-pop, has offered solace to millions worldwide. Along the way, he’s built a global community, played major festivals like Glastonbury, Reading & Leeds and Lollapalooza, and toured with artists including AJR, Pierce the Veil and Mother Mother.
If his past music created a sanctuary, Running With Scissors asks: what happens when you step outside of that room and look yourself squarely in the eye? What are the gifts and curses inherited from family and which parts do you carry forward or cut away? Written on the other side of a two-year healing process, the album finds Skinner older, braver and galvanized, shading his trademark softness with rawer emotions without losing sight of the millions of fans who have grown up alongside him. “I want them to enter this new era with me and not feel like it’s for kids. Because I’m not a kid anymore,” he says. “I want it to feel like we’re moving forward together.”
‘Rainbow Gal’ and ‘Baby Spoon’ are available now on all streaming platforms.
Running With Scissors arrives 16 January.
