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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AlbumsChapel Club – Good Together
The Chapel Club boys are on an upward trajectory. Their 2011 debut Palace established their indie strength and lyrical insight; Good Together&... Read more »| 31 May 2013 -
AlbumsDeafheaven – Sunbather
San Francisco's Deafheaven brought a great crossover record to the table with 2011's Roads to Judah, a dramatic debut which used the passionate aggressi... Read more »| 30 May 2013 -
AlbumsAirhead – For Years
Having first come to attention as a collaborator with James Blake on 2010's Pembroke EP, Rob McAndrews finally reveals his true colours. While the partnershi... Read more »| 30 May 2013 -
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Lumerians – The High Frontier
Like Geoff Barrow's BEAK>, Lumerians are naturally gifted musicians whose playing meshes perfectly, with influences that span psychedelia and experimental... Read more »| 30 May 2013 -
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Georgia's Horse – Weather Codes
There's an overwhelming air of traditional Americana in the opening moments of the second Georgia's Horse LP: Apple's combination of dirty guitar licks, chai... Read more »| 30 May 2013 -
AlbumsGold Panda – Half Of Where You Live
Gold Panda's second album picks up where Lucky Shiner left off, offering a leftfield, inventive take on various electronic forms. Junk City takes its time to... Read more »| 30 May 2013
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CSS – Planta
With former member (and apparent mastermind) Adriano Cintra off in a huff, the CSS señoritas are left to fend for themselves, giving us an LP put... Read more »| 30 May 2013 -
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Queens of the Stone Age – …Like Clockwork
From Josh Homme’s youth as a prodigious stoner rock visionary in Kyuss to the slick, guitar pop-skewing renaissance man we see at the helm of Queens to... Read more »| 30 May 2013 -
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Spectrals – Sob Story
Spectrals – the nom de plume of Yorkshire singer-songwriter Louis Jones – introduced his brand of lovelorn guitar pop on 2011’s p... Read more »| 30 May 2013 -
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Trigger Effect – What's Left to Eliminate?
Canadian punks Trigger Effect are running on adrenaline - most movements on their latest LP clock in at under two minutes, with little to no breathing room. ... Read more »| 30 May 2013 -
Singles
Young Fathers – Tape Two
Young Fathers' lo-fi take on 90s R&B, classic soul and old-school hip-hop is increasingly experimental, and that's no bad thing. Their recent excursions ... Read more »| 29 May 2013 -
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Quickbeam – Quickbeam
Although Quickbeam is their debut release, this Glasgow-based quartet have been honing their ethereal, meditative folk for three years, and their d... Read more »| 29 May 2013 -
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Camera Obscura – Desire Lines
For those unfamiliar with the term, ‘desire line’ is the poetic name given to those winding dirt trails that appear when people walk a certain ro... Read more »| 29 May 2013 -
AlbumsThese New Puritans – Field of Reeds
Billed as a suite in three instalments of three tracks each, These New Puritans' third LP is a studious affair, as absorbant as it is absorbing (among its ma... Read more »| 29 May 2013 -
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Icky Blossoms – Icky Blossoms
It’s sometimes tough to distinguish between maverick eclecticism and plain old muddlement, with Icky Blossoms' exhibit A. The pedigree of its... Read more »| 29 May 2013