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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AlbumsAmy Duncan – Undercurrents
Amy Duncan’s fifth studio album is as gentle, elegant and lovely as any believer in softly orchestrated folk could want. The multi-instrumentalist... Read more »| 02 Feb 2016 -
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So Pitted – Neo
Melodies are all well and good, but they’ll only get you so far. Sometimes all you wanna hear is something that’ll crush you into the ground. Ste... Read more »| 02 Feb 2016 -
AlbumsNew Albums This Week: Jesu / Sun Kil Moon + more
The week's best new records from Jesu / Sun Kil Moon, Nevermen & MONEY Read more »| 29 Jan 2016 -
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Nap Eyes – Thought Rock Fish Scale
Location can be an underappreciated facet in rock music. Take Nap Eyes’ second long player, for instance; recorded in a living room in smalltown Nova S... Read more »| 28 Jan 2016 -
AlbumsWild Nothing – Life Of Pause
Life of Synth may have been a more apt title for Wild Nothing’s third record, cultivated as it is around layers of woozy electronic timbres. Nowhere is... Read more »| 28 Jan 2016 -
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Flowers – Everybody's Dying to Meet You
It takes just under 30 seconds for Flowers’ second album Everybody’s Dying to Meet You to vault its promising but wan predecessor (2014’s D... Read more »| 28 Jan 2016
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Rangda – The Heretic's Bargain
There’s a storm brewing. Clouds writhe and branches flail as it grows bigger and bigger, the sky turning darker by the minute, until everything suddenl... Read more »| 28 Jan 2016 -
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The Wave Pictures – A Season in Hull
So, how did you celebrate your last birthday? Pub, was it? Dinner with friends perhaps? Sigh – how unproductive. You want to take a leaf out of th... Read more »| 27 Jan 2016 -
AlbumsDIIV – Is The Is Are
There are more than a fair few Brooklyn bands that have a particular taste for jangly guitars and not washing. It is only a minority of these, however, where... Read more »| 27 Jan 2016 -
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Nevermen – Nevermen
Some eight years since they first teased the possibility, maverick Anticon co-founder Doseone (‘mind’), TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe (&... Read more »| 26 Jan 2016 -
AlbumsBasia Bulat – Good Advice
The Canadian singer's fourth album is a subtle but distinct redefining of her angular pop aesthetic. Produced by Jim James of My Morning Jacket in his Kentuc... Read more »| 26 Jan 2016 -
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Mass Gothic – Mass Gothic
Here comes the cliché: there’s a handful of good songs on Mass Gothic – enough to constitute a strong, promising EP. A good album it ... Read more »| 26 Jan 2016 -
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Benji Hughes – Songs in the Key of Animals
Opening with a funky rundown of the guests at the Peacockin’ Party, including a monkey, a donkey and 'a penguin in a tux lookin’ so deluxe', Song... Read more »| 26 Jan 2016 -
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Beacon – Escapements
Having garnered plaudits for the spacey electronics and sweet vocal mix of 2013’s The Way We Separate, Brooklyn duo Beacon return with a more complex t... Read more »| 26 Jan 2016 -
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Jesu / Sun Kil Moon – Jesu / Sun Kil Moon
Another fine collaboration for Mark Kozelek, who finally lets the music do the talking Read more »| 26 Jan 2016