British rock icons SKUNK ANANSIE have released a brand-new remix of the stunningly emotional song “Meltdown”, which originally appeared as the closing track of last year’s Top 10 album “The Painful Truth”, out now via FLG.<\/p>\n
SKUNK ANANSIE lead singer Skin explains: “‘Meltdown’ is this deeply heartbreaking song about isolation. It’s one of the few SKUNK songs that doesn’t have a beat making it a perfect end to the album. We wanted to do a version that grooved a bit so we called up our friend Nick Sheldon [BLACKHILL] to add that flavor and we love what he’s done. Hope you do too.”<\/p>\n
Check out the visualizer for “Meltdown (Blackhill Remix)” below.<\/p>\n
The song, released on the same day as the emancipation of black Americans and is remembered with the Juneteenth holiday, becomes transformed from a sparsely ethereal, vocal-led piece of minimalist piano music into a club-based anthem. Despite the sadness of the lyrics, its new and upbeat musical backing is celebratory and destined to ring out across sound-systems from New York to Ibiza.<\/p>\n
The new track’s parent album, “The Painful Truth”, is a mesmerizing, provocative, powerful and emotional collection, which was greeted by rapturous reviews around the world on its release at the end of May 2026. And to mark that recent one-year anniversary, a brand-new limited-edition zoetrope vinyl version of the album will be released on October 9 via FLG.<\/p>\n
SKUNK ANANSIE is currently on a co-headlining tour of the U.K. with Garbage, with further U.K. shows this summer alongside both Alanis Morrissette and MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE. They also have extensive tour dates across Europe.<\/p>\n
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