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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EpPINS – Bad Thing EP
Manchester five-piece PINS have been sharpening their rock nous for some time now, impressing with their previous two records Girls Like Us and Wild Nights. ... Read more »| 21 Mar 2017 -
AlbumsDesperate Journalist – Grow Up
In a garden, a teenage Jo Bevan faces the camera. The dappled sunlight and party dress are immediately at odds with her band-to-be's brooding aesthetic. And ... Read more »| 20 Mar 2017 -
AlbumsCraig Finn – We All Want the Same Things
If with The Hold Steady, it felt like Craig Finn was writing the Great American Novel – a sprawling, intertwining narrative of familiar characters and ... Read more »| 20 Mar 2017 -
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Spiral Stairs – Doris and The Daggers
Lesser-spotted? The term doesn’t quite do justice to Scott Kannberg, who here emerges from hibernation for his first record in eight years. Last seen d... Read more »| 20 Mar 2017 -
AlbumsJohnny Flynn – Sillion
Johnny Flynn came out of the same West London new-folk set that gave us Laura Marling, Mumford & Sons, and Noah & The Whale, but unlike those three, ... Read more »| 20 Mar 2017 -
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Samantha Crain – You Had Me At Goodbye
Oklahoma-born singer-songwriter Samantha Crain’s fifth album You Had Me At Goodbye shows off her folk balladry and experimental spirit with a greater p... Read more »| 20 Mar 2017
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Tonstartssbandht – Sorcerer
With its three tracks spanning a mighty 34 minutes, Tonstartssbandht’s debut album is far from easy listening. Seasoned psych nerds may already recogni... Read more »| 20 Mar 2017 -
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The Jesus and Mary Chain – Damage and Joy
When does a trademark become a cliché? In the instance of The Jesus and Mary Chain, it’s often hard to tell. Out of context, this LP is filled w... Read more »| 20 Mar 2017 -
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Summer Moon – With You Tonight
With The Strokes being more on-and-off than a loose lightswitch in a windstorm, and as Julian Casablancas and Albert Hammond Jr. push their own personal... Read more »| 13 Mar 2017 -
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Great Ytene – Locus
Don’t worry if you’re unfamiliar with Great Ytene’s previous self-titled effort, because Locus might as well be the work of a different ban... Read more »| 13 Mar 2017 -
AlbumsPulled Apart By Horses – The Haze
Pulled Apart By Horses’ fourth album does not mess about. It’s taken them three years, a switch of drummer (founder member Lee Vincent jumpe... Read more »| 13 Mar 2017 -
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Dams of the West – Youngish American
As if it wasn’t enough being the drummer for Vampire Weekend and creating a more-than-reputable body of work, Chris Tomson has restarted the exact same... Read more »| 13 Mar 2017 -
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Spoon – Hot Thoughts
Hot Thoughts is album number nine for Spoon, and their first for Matador since 1996. However, this isn't a 'back-to-basics' exercise, but a rediscovery of th... Read more »| 13 Mar 2017 -
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Yossarians – Fabric of Time
'Suffer me, or suffer the consequence,' snarls Tim Schiazza during the thunderous Birthday Party-esque tumult of second track Suffer Me. For most of Fabric o... Read more »| 13 Mar 2017 -
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Real Estate – In Mind
While the wind of change may be blowing through their native East Coast, in the world of New Jerseyans Real Estate very little seems to have altered for a ba... Read more »| 13 Mar 2017