Skids

Artist:  Skids
Origin:  Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Genre:  Punk Rock, New Wave, Post-Punk, British Punk

Original line-up:

Stuart Adamson:  Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Backing Vocals
William Simpson:  Bass, Backing Vocals
Richard Jobson:  Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
Thomas Kellichan:  Drums

Skids are a Scottish Punk Rock and New Wave Band from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, formed in 1977 by Stuart Adamson (Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Backing Vocals), William Simpson (Bass, Backing Vocals), Richard Jobson (Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards), and Thomas Kellichan (Drums).  Their biggest success was the 1979 single "Into The Valley" and the 1980 album The Absolute Game.  

Title:  Burning Cities  (2018)
Genre:  Punk Rock, New Wave, Post-Punk, British Punk
Label:  NoBad Records
Rating:   ****

Tracks:

 1.  This Is Our World  (4:29)
 2.  One Last Chance  (3:11)
 3.  Kaputt  (3:56)
 4.  A World On Fire  (4:23)
 5.  Burning Cities  (3:45)
 6.  Up On The Moors  (3:34)
 7.  Refugee  (4:48)
 8.  Subbotnik  (3:05)
 9.  Kings Of The New World Order  (4:02)
10. Into The Void  (2:39)
11. Desert Dust  (4:33)

Personnel:

Richard Jobson:  Vocals
William Simpson:  Bass
Bruce Watson:  Guitar
Jamie Watson:  Guitar
Mike Baillie:  Drums

Burning Cities is the fifth studio album by Skids, released on January 12, 2018 by NoBad Records.  This is the band's first studio album in 36 years, and the first to feature Big Country father-and-son guitarists, Bruce and Jamie Watson.