EP16 - Shoulder Voices & Horsedrawn Wishes by Rollerskate Skinny

To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited

This episode focuses on two albums by Rollerskate Skinny. Shoulder Voices was released on Beggars Banquet sub-label Placebo in 1993 and Horsedrawn Wishes followed in 1996 on Warner Bros. These are two magnificent albums, the band also gifted us ‘Speed to My Side’, one of the greatest Irish singles ever. Rollerskate Skinny mainman Ken Griffin joins me for a discussion that takes in the band's early days; moving to London; scoring an NME ‘Single of the Week’ with Trophy - their second EP; being influenced by Ennio Morricone and Public Enemy; touring with Pavement, Smashing Pumpkins, the Verve, the Afghan Whigs and The Flaming Lips; recording Shoulder Voices with Guy Fixsen; signing to Warner Brothers; Perry Farrell picking them for Lollapalooza 1994; recording Horsedrawn Wishes with Aidan Foley in Dublin; working with mixing engineer Anjali Dutt; meeting The Velvet Underground in New York; playing and recording with August Wells; the writing process; and recording an album as High Leaves, Ken’s latest musical project (with Graham Finn, Emperor of Icecream guitarist). Episode notes are here.