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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AlbumsCass McCombs – Tip of the Sphere
Tip of the Sphere is a record that never quite seems to find its feet despite having a plethora of creative and interesting ideas Read more »| 08 Feb 2019 -
AlbumsJessica Pratt – Quiet Signs
The quiet but powerful LA folk artist Jessica Pratt returns with an endlessly replayable collection of vintage songs on her third album Quiet Signs Read more »| 07 Feb 2019 -
AlbumsHEALTH – VOL. 4 :: SLAVES OF FEAR
VOL. 4 :: SLAVES OF FEAR is a move back to basics for HEALTH and feels like the album they were supposed to make Read more »| 07 Feb 2019 -
AlbumsLau – Midnight and Closedown
Scottish trad music supergroup Lau return with their 'Brexit album' Midnight and Closedown, a shining beacon of hope in our hazy present Read more »| 06 Feb 2019 -
AlbumsBob Mould – Sunshine Rock
Rock's elder statesman returns with potentially his most upbeat offering to date Read more »| 06 Feb 2019 -
AlbumsCosey Fanni Tutti – TUTTI
Thirty-five years on from the boundary-pushing Time To Tell, Throbbing Gristle luminary Cosey Fanni Tutti releases TUTTI – only the second solo album of her career Read more »| 01 Feb 2019
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AlbumsCherry Glazerr – Stuffed & Ready
LA noisemakers Cherry Glazerr have been carving out their own space since frontwoman Clementine Creevy was in her teens; there’s so much of that spirit in Stuffed & Ready, you can almost smell it Read more »| 01 Feb 2019 -
AlbumsCalva Louise – Rhinoceros
Calva Louise's debut album grimaces with hope and zips by with fuzzy electricity Read more »| 01 Feb 2019 -
AlbumsDeer Tick – Mayonnaise
With Mayonnaise, Deer Tick deliver hard-rocking, feedback-swilling country anthems Read more »| 01 Feb 2019 -
AlbumsTiny Ruins – Olympic Girls
On Tiny Ruins' newest album Olympic Girls, each note is flawless and precise – no moment is wasted. Read more »| 01 Feb 2019 -
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White Lies – Five
Listening to Five is an experience; it generates a sense of rush and euphoria, a simultaneous upper and downer, a sound that is hopeful but with a razor-sharp edge to it Read more »| 01 Feb 2019 -
AlbumsBoy Harsher – Careful
Straddling the middle ground between melancholic cold wave and regimented synth workouts, the new release from Massachusetts duo Boy Harsher has fans nostalgic for a period in history they’re most likely too young to remember Read more »| 31 Jan 2019 -
AlbumsGirlpool – What Chaos Is Imaginary
What Chaos Is Imaginary offers a view into the minds of a pair of singular artists who both understand that a glimpse of truth is a whole lot more intriguing than a disingenuous attempt at the whole thing Read more »| 30 Jan 2019 -
AlbumsGuided By Voices – Zeppelin Over China
Robert Pollard and the gang return with a mammoth 32-song release Read more »| 30 Jan 2019 -
AlbumsNina Nesbitt – The Sun Will Come Up, The Seasons Will Change
Not the collection of hits we were anticipating, with The Sun Will Come Up, The Seasons Will Change Nina Nesbitt comes of age Read more »| 29 Jan 2019