Reviews
Album, EP and single reviews from The Skinny. Find reviews of the biggest new releases, as well as new records from up-and-coming new artists from across Scotland, the UK and beyond.
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Albums
Mumm-Ra - These Things Move in Threes
There's some clever guitar work, but it's never allowed to breathe long enough before it's battered into submission by another poptastic chorus. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Brightblack Morning Light - Brightblack Morning Light
Slack blues and funk riffs are traded over the top at a rate that feels as though it should be measured in ice ages... Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Astrid Williamson - Day of the Lone Wolf
A haunting quality hanging over the album, possibly derived from her early professional rejections. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Various - Play
The ideal soundtrack to getting hyperactive on marzipan and fizzy-pop. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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The Concretes - Hey Trouble
A gentile slither of starry-eyed liberation, Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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No Age - Weirdo Rippers
Sparky, taut and original. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007
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Green Peppers - Domino Mornings
Domino Mornings, whilst being a worthy competitor to The Man Who in style, is unlikely to excite much passion, positively or negatively. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Elvis Perkins - Ash Wednesday
A melancholy in his voice that resonates with the heartfelt soul of someone who has truly felt the pain that such a story would render. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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The Magnificents - Year Of Explorers
The Magnificents have no murky lines àthey're just really fucking good. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Singles
To My Boy - Model
A model with a little more substance. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Singles
The Hussy's - We Expected / Please Don't Call Me At Home
Not a true double-A, more a B+ and a D-. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Singles
The Cribs - Men's Needs
Perhaps not 100% as tuned in to the nation's masculine needs as they thought. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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The Bees - Listening Man
As a chameleon-like exercise in replicating the sounds of another era it's remarkably successful. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Singles
Idlewild - A Ghost in the Arcade
They may be back, but it's no return to form yet. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Albums
Torche - Torche
This debut album sounds almost mathematically calculated to sit alongside The Cure et al on the first Crow soundtrack. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007