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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AlbumsRM Hubbert – Breaks & Bone
Stripping arrangements back to one man and a guitar again (after the broader, guest-filled canvas of Thirteen Lost & Found), Breaks & Bone firmly und... Read more »| 04 Sep 2013 -
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Jesu – Everyday I Get Closer To The Light From Which I Came
2011's Ascension showcased the guitar-led melancholia present on past Jesu staples, but it lacked the awe-inspiring sense of atmosphere that made Justin Broa... Read more »| 04 Sep 2013 -
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Manic Street Preachers – Rewind the Film
With five singers and a musical style that veers from folk, through motown via euphoric indie rock and back to cinematic brooding, the Manics' eleventh album... Read more »| 04 Sep 2013 -
AlbumsCHVRCHES – The Bones Of What You Believe
CHVRCHES full-length debut is one of the most eagerly anticipated releases of 2013, partly due to the familiarity of such slices of perfect synth-pop as The ... Read more »| 04 Sep 2013 -
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Crystal Stilts – Nature Noir
Nature Noir – New York post-punks Crystal Stilts' third LP in the decade they’ve been together – may shed some of the bluesier element... Read more »| 04 Sep 2013 -
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Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – Fly By Wire
With their moniker’s flippancy presumably lost in translation, glibly christened indie-poppers Someone Still Love You Boris Yeltsin were recently invit... Read more »| 03 Sep 2013
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AlbumsSeams – Quarters
The debut LP from James Welch, a Berlin-based British producer, moves beyond the understated tone of his previous work towards a more explicitly dancefloor-o... Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
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Cloud Control – Dream Cave
Cloud Control evidently have an eccentric streak. In terms of production, Dream Cave is notable for being part-recorded in an actual cave, while all across t... Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
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The National Jazz Trio of Scotland – Standards Vol. II
As if the double fib in their name wasn’t enough (not jazz; not a trio), Standards Vol. II is not, as its title implies, an assortment culled from... Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
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Younghusband – Dromes
Like Hookworms, Lumerians and BEAK>, Younghusband are among the most convincing of the recent wave of psychedelia-inspired bands. With a rhythmically expe... Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
AlbumsOPDOT – Opus One
The final track of OPDOT's debut album is called Obnubilate – the definition is 'darken or cover as if with a cloud; obscure.' Being wilfully obscure o... Read more »| 30 Aug 2013 -
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Midday Veil – The Current
In terms of tone and atmosphere, the second LP from this Seattle psych-rock sextet brings to mind similarly trippy work by stoner rock outfits like Om, altho... Read more »| 29 Aug 2013 -
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College – Heritage
The last College album on Invada was a re-release of David Grellier's early work, before he rose to prominence on the back of the Drive soundtrack's central ... Read more »| 29 Aug 2013 -
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The Proper Ornaments – Waiting for the Summer
As Waiting for the Summer reaches its understated conclusion, London duo The Proper Ornaments offer lyrical sentiments that could double as a serving suggest... Read more »| 29 Aug 2013 -
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Joanna Gruesome – Weird Sister
Rough-hewn fuzz merchants and indie pop sensations Joanna Gruesome named their debut album Weird Sister – a Shakespearean nod to the witches ... Read more »| 29 Aug 2013