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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AlbumsWarpaint – Warpaint
Warpaint founder Theresa Wayman’s assertion that the follow-up to The Fool would be a minimalist affair is made flesh on this, the LA quartet’s s... Read more »| 08 Jan 2014 -
AlbumsFather Murphy – Pain is On Our Side Now
Tackled individually, the four movements that make up Father Murphy’s latest EP are formidably severe: an atonal collection of clanging semi-rhythms, d... Read more »| 08 Jan 2014 -
AlbumsI Break Horses – Chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro: the technique of managing light and dark in pictorial art. As titles go, this one’s a statement of intent with substance and weight. This ... Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
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Damien Jurado – Brothers And Sisters Of The Eternal Son
Jurado's third collaboration with Richard Swift reaches new levels of ethereal brilliance Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
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Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – Give the People What They Want
Now over ten years into their career, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings show no sign of deviating from their authenticity-obsessed soul revivalism; as the title... Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
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Boy & Bear – Harlequin Dream
Australia’s Boy and Bear – a seriously big deal down under – will be instantly familiar to fans of Band of Horses and Midlake on this their... Read more »| 07 Jan 2014
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AlbumsMogwai – Rave Tapes
If Mogwai were a movie, they’d probably be a horror movie. A sense of dread has long stalked the band’s discography, from The Exorcist-refer... Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
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Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra – Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything
The first full-length release from SMZ since 2010’s Kollapse Tradixionales sees the Constellation heavyweights continuing their trajectory towards a mo... Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
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Pontiak – INNOCENCE
Opening with the title track, a Stooges-esque two-minute burst of scuzzy riffs and yelped vocals, this prolific Virginian trio launch into their tenth LP wit... Read more »| 06 Jan 2014 -
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Model Village – You Chose These Woes
Miniature model building and penning bright and tuneful alt-pop: two pastimes in which a delicate touch is a valuable asset. On their second album, Cambridge... Read more »| 03 Jan 2014 -
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Morgan Delt – Morgan Delt
The influence of 60s and 70s drug music shows up a lot in Californian bedroom producer Morgan Delt's own sounds, but there's a modern aesthetic running throu... Read more »| 02 Jan 2014 -
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East India Youth – Total Strife Forever
Beginning with synth arpeggios and washes of ghostly noise echoing out across sombre piano keys, Glitter Recession announces the depth of East India Youth's ... Read more »| 02 Jan 2014 -
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Blank Realm – Grassed Inn
On last year’s Go Easy LP, this Brisbane quartet occasionally let their love of vintage distortion overwhelm their melodic inclinations; Grassed Inn, w... Read more »| 02 Jan 2014 -
AlbumsPatterns – Waking Lines
From the opening echoes of This Haze onwards, Waking Lines sounds impressively lush and layered – not bad when you consider Patterns eschewed studio ti... Read more »| 31 Dec 2013 -
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September Girls – Cursing the Sea
So in 2014 girls groups are now very much ‘a thing’ again. You know the type I mean – reverb-laden guitars, dreamy vocals and production th... Read more »| 26 Dec 2013