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Cavetown’s Robin Skinner, of Cambridge, England, has become an anchor for a generation of listeners who’ve found not just solace in his music, but a kind of spiritual room to grow up in. His catalog, spanning lo‑fi ditties and indie rock charmers, has amassed billions of streams, earned a 6×…
Cavetown’s Robin Skinner, of Cambridge, England, has become an anchor for a generation of listeners who’ve found not just solace in his music, but a kind of spiritual room to grow up in. His catalog, spanning lo‑fi ditties and indie rock charmers, has amassed billions of streams, earned a 6× Platinum certification, and inspired high-profile features in the New York Times, Rolling Stone and Billboard. His global touring career has taken him from sold‑out clubs to massive tours with AJR and Pierce The Veil, as well as festival main stages at Glastonbury, Lollapalooza, Corona Capital, Primavera Sound, and many more. Along the way, his songs have become comfort objects to his dedicated fans, who have clasped them, cried to them, and grown up alongside them. They’ve been soft hands offering understanding when the world felt too sharp.
With the release of his 2018 breakthrough album ‘Lemon Boy’, Skinner’s unassuming yet captivating personality took the internet by storm, catapulting him become a go-to collaborator for bedroom pop mainstays mxmtoon, Chloe Moriondo, and Tessa Violet, plus selling out major venues across the U.S. and U.K. as well as taking the stage at leading festivals like Lollapalooza and Reading & Leeds. In 2020, he unveiled his major label debut album, ‘SLEEPYHEAD’, followed by his most critically-acclaimed EP to date, ‘Man’s Best Friend’, which earned global praise from the likes of The New York Times, The FADER, Rolling Stone, Billboard, CLASH Magazine, and many more upon its release earlier this year.
His 2025 album, ‘Running With Scissors’, asks: What happens when you leave that room you grew up in and finally look yourself squarely in the eye? What are the gifts and curses you’ve inherited from the family who raised you? Which parts of them do you bring forward, and which do you cut away? With all these lessons and questions in tow, Running With Scissors captures life at the moment you’re forced out of the classroom into the open world, scissors in hand, trying not to fall.
