Fugly

Most of what you may have heard from Skookum may be considered aggressive and grooving rock, but the band doesn’t mind slowing down once in a while. Fugly is a popular and heavily requested “campfire song” within the bands inner circle of friends and family, with its hilarious easy to follow sing-along lyrics. It’s been one of our best kept secrets… until now. Following the experiences of our narrator, he serenades us with his endless efforts to reach out to that very special girl. Desperately hopeful she will agree to be his life mate, he is repeatedly and embarrassingly rebuffed; yet, through a powerful character arc our rather homely hero goes from zero …. to … umm … more zero….? Well, maybe he learns a thing or two about himself… yeah … let’s go with that! Recorded at Greenhouse Studios in Vancouver BC, by producer and engineer Doug Naugler, Fugly is at its core a simple acoustic song with catchy and funny lyrics and room for great big gang vocals. Listening to early demos, the discovery was made early on in the process to record what once could have been an 80’s power ballad. The band hunkered down in sessions and with Naugler’s addition of the organ and glockenspiel, he gave it a great down-homey country steak feeling. Enjoy, and don’t be afraid to tell that special “someone” that you care.