Starving Kids Records

Youth Skin is the second album from Brisbane troubadour Steve Grady. The album is loaded with eleven tracks of personal tales.

Produced by ARIA Award winner Shane Nicholson and featuring the vocals of internationally renowned country artists Kasey Chambers this recording is a major step forward for Steve Grady.

Triple J's Dom Alessio had this to say about the first single, Legacy.

"I remember a friend of mine once said to me that a good song should still sound good even if you play it with just an acoustic guitar and sing along to it. Of course, that doesn't take into account some of the greatest dance and hip-hop songs that have been written, but I really like the idea that the building blocks of music are words and melody. Strip away layers of instrumentation and if the melody and the lyrics still grab you, then that's the hallmark of a great tune.

On 'Legacy', Steve Grady doesn't even bother with layering the song. He just lets the words and melody speak for themselves. What I love about this song is just how naked it is, but it's still so emotionally resonant and captivating. What it does so beautifully is that it subtly builds, which you don't really notice until the end when that heavenly backing choir rises from below the acoustic guitar, piano and glockenspiel. 

'Legacy' is a taste of Grady's debut album Youth Skin which will be out soon. Until then, I'm just going to put this song on repeat."

Track List

1. Youth Skin

2. Concrete Garden (feat. Kasey Chambers)

3. She Wait's 'til I'm Asleep

4. Tightrope Walker

5. A/S/L

6. North Winds

7. You Can Cry In Front of Me

8. Six Suburbs Makes a City

9. Bag of Fruit

10. Legacy

11. Did You Make it Home?