On her debut release for ONNO, Goa-based composer, producer, and visual artist Skulk (the moniker of Katyayini Gargi) presents Skin — a twelve-track, forty-minute album that marks her sophomore emergence with renewed confidence and clarity. Primarily synth-driven, the record places her voice at the centre, bold and brimming with her quirky, raw energy, and woven into inventive sound design.

Structured in two six-track halves, Skin is divided between the inside and the outside; the personal and the political.

The A side turns inward, with songs that are more literal and instructional; concerned with — how not to drown — in the everyday; the churning sea that is life.

The B side bears witness to the world beyond the self, transforming that same question — how not to drown — into a metaphor for navigating the socio-political and collective, which still feels deeply intimate. The political is personal, too.

Together, the two halves mirror a continuous oscillation between reflection and response, self and society. The album culminates with “Free”, a cathartic, tongue-in-cheek, cloud-busting anthem for moments when it all becomes too much to bear.

Skin stands as Skulk’s most assured work yet — a self-portrait in motion, where she grows more comfortable in her own skin while refining her craft as lyricist, producer, and sound sculptor.

Written, Performed and Produced by Skulk
Cover artwork by Katyayini Gargi

Released by ONNO