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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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 -
AlbumsGraham Costello’s STRATA – OBELISK
Filled with texture, OBELISK is an hour-long journey that demonstrates all of the most gripping aspects of a rising ensemble Read more »| 29 Jan 2019 -
AlbumsAndrew Wasylyk – The Paralian
The Paralian is an antidote to everyday chaos, an album that’s somehow both meditative and majestic, quieting the mind as it leads it through multiple journeys of space, time and place Read more »| 29 Jan 2019
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AlbumsBring Me the Horizon – Amo
After ditching the metalcore almost completely on 2015’s critically acclaimed That’s the Spirit, Sheffield’s genre-smashing trailblazers take it a step further on their most ambitious project to date Read more »| 29 Jan 2019 -
AlbumsSister John – Sister John
Sister John's eponymous sophomore record sees the Glasgow four-piece pushing doors with a new confidence Read more »| 29 Jan 2019 -
AlbumsSwervedriver – Future Ruins
Bold and ambitious, Swervedriver's sixth studio album Future Ruins is deliriously difficult to place, and all the more exciting for it Read more »| 25 Jan 2019 -
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Blood Red Shoes – Get Tragic
Get Tragic is a powerful album, raw in its unflinching honesty, experimental in its lyrical and instrumental balances, and deeply moving Read more »| 25 Jan 2019 -
AlbumsJulia Kent – Temporal
Julia Kent's sixth solo effort is a stunningly meditative and expertly controlled album, making for a unique sonic experience Read more »| 24 Jan 2019 -
AlbumsTim Presley’s White Fence – I Have to Feed Larry’s Hawk
Tim Presley's White Fence project takes on a new, more ambient and impressionistic – though not wholly unfamiliar – direction, spurred on by a move back to San Francisco and the spectre of addiction Read more »| 24 Jan 2019 -
AlbumsBetter Oblivion Community Center – Better Oblivion Community Center
Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst's surprise album as Better Oblivion Community Center showcases the complementary talents of two of America's most talented songwriters Read more »| 24 Jan 2019 -
AlbumsDream Nails – Take Up Space (Unplugged)
Unplugged, Dream Nails fly the flag for female rhetoric and unearth a steadfast sisterhood at the heart of their punk rock ferocity Read more »| 23 Jan 2019 -
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Sneaks – Highway Hypnosis
The third album from Eva Moolchan, aka Sneaks, whips by at breakneck speed with its slightly more urgent, label-defying moments ameliorating its sluggish centre Read more »| 22 Jan 2019