Skydaddy

[ he/him ]

city: London
country: UK
genre: Singer/Songwriter
styles: Folk, Psychedelic, Soft Rock, Chamber Folk

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Next Release

Anchor Chains, Plane Motors & Train Whistles on January 10, 2025
via Bathtime Sounds

credits: Darren Chang

on hashbrandnew.com since November 22, 2023

ABOUT THIS ARTIST

Skydaddy, the moniker of London-born Lebanese/Grenadian artist, Rachid Fakhre, began life in early 2023 as an offshoot of his previous acclaimed project Spang Sisters. Before releasing any music, there was a buzz around the new project in the London scene - 2 weeks before Fakhre released his first single, ‘That Morning’, he toured the UK with his 7-piece backing band supporting Black Country, New Road. Following that, he spent the rest of that year releasing singles - including ‘Tear Gas’ a collaboration with BC, NR’s Tyler Hyde - that eventually became part of his debut mini-album Pilot. Released on February 2nd of this year, the release quickly garnered Fakhre a reputation of “a modern day chamber folk virtuoso redefining musical narratives” (Still Listening). The songs demonstrated his compositional prowess and ambitious production and arrangements. As Clash wrote, “‘Pilot’ is a reclamation of the multi-instrumentalist’s Lebanese heritage... careening between ambient-jazz sound collages, marathon orchestral codas and oblique confessionals”. Fakhre took his show on the road on a UK-wide headline tour soon after Pilot’s release, selling out shows in Edinburgh, Brighton and Bristol, finishing with a headline at London’s 100 Club. The new single, 'Mushrooms', is a sardonic pop song which draws on footage of the chemical explosion that devastated Fakhre’s familial country of Lebanon in August 2020.

Source [Spotify]