Discover the sounds behind alt rock outfit Redskies! For this edition of Off The Shelf, the four-piece pull back the records and hand-pick some of their favourite tracks, the ones that have been on their minds, influencing their sound and shaping who they are as artists.
Royal Blood – Better Strangers
First song we covered together and introduced us to riff-driven 2-piece rock.
Cleopatrick – Bernard Trigger
Another guitar-focused 2-piece which quickly became a favourite of the band!
Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes – Spray Paint Love
Great lyrics and riff.
Badflower – Family
Incredibly introspective and transformed how Olly writes drum parts.
Cleopatrick – 2008
Can make a grown man cry; inspired Taylor in writing our song ‘I Miss You’.
Highly Suspect – Mom
We love the slow, bluesy atmosphere in this song.
Dead Poets Society – .loveyoulikethat.
Love the lead guitar layers, and the songwriting is incredible.
Red Hot Chilli Peppers – Don’t Forget Me
We love the guitar soloing throughout the verses and used it in our song ‘Sunken Teeth’.
Thrice – Whistleblower
Raw power in the music and vocals, particularly inspired Taylor’s songwriting in our song ‘Life I Saved’.
Cleopatrick – WHY JULY
Amazing use of distortion and space to create a truly unique and melancholy song.
Redskies are a young band looking to make waves in the UK’s rising alt-rock scene. They blend the lines between post-grunge, stoner rock riffs and alt-rock, and boast choruses that’ll stick with you for a long time and blues solos which, to quote School of Rock, are ‘face melters’.
See Redskies live when they perform as part of Battle of the Bands at The Victoria on Friday, 21st August!
Find them online @redskiesmusic
