Skinny Living

Skinny Living are a three-piece English indie-soul band from Wakefield, West Yorkshire.^[4] The band is made up of guitarist Will Booth, Belfast-born vocalist^[5] Ryan Johnston and guitarist Danny Hepworth.^[6]

Skinny Living
Origin	Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Genres	Indie soul
Years active	2013–present[1]
Labels	Skinny Living[2] RCA Polydor[3]
Members	Ryan Johnston Danny Hepworth Will Booth
Past members	Rhys Anderton
Website	skinnyliving.co.uk

The name Skinny Living describes the financial reality and lifestyle of the working class – hard graft on a low income with a lust for life, passion for family and an optimistic attitude about the future.^[7] The band signed to RCA Records in 2017, and then to Polydor in 2019. That same year saw them have their tracks featured on the likes of Clash Magazine,^[8] play over 250 shows, as well as being selected to headline Live at Leeds.^[9] In 2020 they were going to be touring with The Kaiser Chiefs, as well as headlining their own shows in London and Leeds.^[10]

Career

New Familiar

With over 60 million streams worldwide, Skinny Living had a hiatus in 2020, when they signed to Parlophone and released a side project in the form of an EP called "Textures" under the alias 'New Familiar'.^[11]

By the end of 2022, the band were back to being called Skinny Living, and issued the single "Who Likes" produced by Eg White^[12] and Rich Cooper. On 9 November 2022, the band played a gig at King Tuts in Glasgow.^[13]

Day by Day

In September 2024, Skinny Living released "No Messiah"^[14] from their album Day by Day,^[2] a self-released album that was expected to chart in the top 10 of the UK Albums Chart on 21 October 2024.^[15] However, it ultimately charted at Number 24 in the UK charts.^[16]