Robin Daniel Skinner (born 15 December 1998 in Oxford), also called Cavetown, is an English singer and songwriter. His[a] music has indie pop, bedroom pop, and indie rock parts.
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 Cavetown performing in 2024 | |
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| Also known as | brother[1][2] |
| Born | 15 December 1998 Oxford, England |
| Origin | Cambridge, England[3] |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
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| Website | cave |
As of March 2024, he had 6.6 million listeners on Spotify. His YouTube channel had 2.23 million subscribers as of June 2024.[12] Skinner released his fifth studio album, Worm Food, in November 2022.
Early life
changeSkinner was born in Oxford, England, on 15 December 1998.[3][13] His interest in music was caused by his father, David Skinner, a musicologist and choir leader, who taught him how to play the acoustic guitar at the age of eight.[14][15] His mother is a Baroque flute player and music teacher. He was raised in Cambridge and attended Parkside Community College from 2010 to 2015 and Hills Road Sixth Form College until 2017.[16]
References
change- ↑ "Music | brother". Bandcamp. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ↑ "albums – cavetown". Archived from the original on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020 – via Reddit.
- 1 2 3 4 Monger, Timothy. "Cavetown | Biography & History". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Cavetown's "Sweet Tooth" Will Leave You Craving More". Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2020 – via veniceoarsman.
The Indie rock/indie pop artist Robin Daniel Skinner, more commonly known as Cavetown, incorporates elements of low-fi and indie folk music into his bedroom pop-style music.
- ↑ Perlow, Lexie (19 April 2018). "Cavetown Debuts with 'Lemon Boy'". The Hill News. Archived from the original on 22 August 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- 1 2 3 "My Bedroom Studio". cavetown. 13 May 2018. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2020 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Cavetown Uses a Kazoo". cavetown. 15 March 2018. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Cavetown Performs "Banana Bread" | Fender Artist Check-Ins | Fender". September 2020. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Cavetown – Juliet (Live)". YouTube. 16 December 2018. Event occurs at 3:50. Archived from the original on 22 February 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ↑ "Cavetown". Sire Records. 6 March 2019. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ↑ "Dear. – Cavetown | Release Credits". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ↑ "cavetown". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ↑ Ginsberg, Gab (17 January 2020). "Welcome to Cavetown's World, A Place That Feels Like Home". Billboard. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ↑ Hughel, Phoebe (3 April 2019). "Cavetown (Robin Skinner)". The Seymour Owl. Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ↑ "Cavetown". Cambridge Live. 22 November 2018. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ↑ "About – Cavetown". Cavetown Official Website. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
Notes
change- ↑ Robin uses he/him and they/them pronouns. Because we don't want to mix up pronouns for reasons of consistency, this article uses he/him pronouns.
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