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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AlbumsMercury Rev – The Light In You
Seven years after the dreamy Snowflake Midnight, Mercury Rev have plundered the toolkit which has served them so well in almost 25 years of recording. At its... Read more »| 30 Sep 2015 -
AlbumsEditors – In Dream
It's overcooked and unashamedly melodramatic. Tom Smith still, at times, sounds like he's trying to declaim the opening line to Bowie's Cat People ("See thes... Read more »| 30 Sep 2015 -
AlbumsKodiak Deathbeds – Kodiak Deathbeds
Summer might be over for another year, but thankfully Kodiak Deathbeds have arrived with their self-titled debut album which sounds ripe for soundtracking th... Read more »| 29 Sep 2015 -
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U.S. Girls – Half Free
Half Free sees Meghan Remy’s project U.S. Girls return with its third album, and her first for the eternally eminent 4AD label. Although interesting in... Read more »| 28 Sep 2015 -
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Artifact: The Dawn of Creation Records 1983-85
There's a quote in Alan McGee's 2013 autobiography that neatly sums up the Creation Records ethos. Discussing his own mid-80s band, Biff Bang Pow!, he laughs... Read more »| 25 Sep 2015 -
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Menace Beach – Super Transporterreum EP
No idea what a Super Transporterreum is, but it sounds great. Loud Leeds gang Menace Beach are having a prolific year, with this EP following up on their Jan... Read more »| 21 Sep 2015
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AlbumsChvrches – Every Open Eye
The follow-up to The Bones of What You Believe sees Glasgow's Chvrches becoming bolder and brighter. Read more »| 21 Sep 2015 -
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False Advertising – False Advertising
Not all of the young pups bewitched by the 90s US alt-rock underground manage to invigorate its legacy with the enterprise and identity it deserves. Step for... Read more »| 17 Sep 2015 -
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New Order – Music Complete
For those unconvinced by Music Complete's safe lead single Restless; fear not. The spiralling dance-pop musing on consumer culture sounds robust and expansiv... Read more »| 17 Sep 2015 -
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Darkstar – Foam Island
The cold landscapes of Darkstar’s work have always been permeated with glimmers of humanity. James Buttery’s vocals on North flickered like snatc... Read more »| 15 Sep 2015 -
AlbumsThe Spills – Collecting Dust
Caught somewhere between a fondness for Pavement and their apparent desire to be Mclusky, this Wakefield quartet find their heads tilted towards the nonchala... Read more »| 09 Sep 2015 -
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Sealings – I'm A Bastard
Moody, minimalist, mal-illuminated… well yes, we may have been travelled this way before. Yet however derivative such disenfranchised narratives can a... Read more »| 09 Sep 2015 -
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Dark Buddha Rising – Inversum
Following on from 2013's sprawling Dakhmandal, Finland's Dark Buddha Rising return with a new lineup for fifth LP Inversum. It's an album of two halves; comp... Read more »| 09 Sep 2015 -
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Girl Band – Holding Hands With Jamie
Having checked that yes, this is an album – and not a cake made by hyper-active children with every conceivable ingredient thrown somewhere in the gene... Read more »| 08 Sep 2015 -
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Glen Hansard – Didn't He Ramble
Didn’t He Ramble is Glen Hansard’s second solo release, but far from his second outing. He’s recorded with The Frames and The Swell Season ... Read more »| 07 Sep 2015