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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AlbumsSheer Mag – Need to Feel Your Love
Sheer Mag’s relatively rapid rise to prominence has been one of punk music’s most refreshing and organic in some time. Despite possessing a relat... Read more »| 07 Jul 2017 -
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Waxahatchee – Out in the Storm
Album number four from Katie Crutchfield, continuing the upward curve she’s been on since the first Waxahatchee release in 2010. Breezier in tone than ... Read more »| 06 Jul 2017 -
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Mura Masa – Mura Masa
Not all pop is manufactured, or made by men in suits with dollar signs in their eyes – sometimes an artist knows what makes a track wriggle into your b... Read more »| 06 Jul 2017 -
AlbumsLorde – Melodrama
Melodrama is a lesson in freefalling. It's taken four years for Ella Yelich-O'Connor to write a follow-up to Pure Heroine, but every single second sounds bre... Read more »| 05 Jul 2017 -
AlbumsBinker and Moses – Journey to the Mountain of Forever
Summoning the spirit of John Coltrane, London sax-and-drums duo Binker and Moses invite the listener on a Journey to the Mountain of Forever on their new alb... Read more »| 05 Jul 2017 -
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Melvins – A Walk With Love and Death
Melvins are back, with a pair of career firsts: their first double album, their first film soundtrack. In some senses this is a distinct pair of albums ... Read more »| 04 Jul 2017
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AlbumsToro y Moi – Boo Boo
It was only a matter of time before Toro y Moi came full circle. What began as a chillwave project for multi-instrumentalist Chaz Bear (formerly Bundick) has... Read more »| 03 Jul 2017 -
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This Is The Kit – Moonshine Freeze
This Is The Kit, the alternative folk project of Bristol-cum-Paris-based songwriter Kate Stables, has built a reputation over the past decade supporting band... Read more »| 03 Jul 2017 -
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Leonidas & Hobbes – The Rags of Time
Imagine meandering through beautiful hills and valleys then coming into a clearing with the sun warming your skin. In front of ... Read more »| 03 Jul 2017 -
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The Last Dinosaur – The Nothing
Let’s talk beautiful things shall we? Sparklehorse front man Mark Linkous’ breathy vocal. Jeff Martin’s guitar playing on Idaho’s Thi... Read more »| 03 Jul 2017 -
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Breakfast Muff – Eurgh!
Known for loud, energetic sets where members switch between guitar, bass and drums, this is a band that really respects the tenants of punk. Hard-edged vocal... Read more »| 03 Jul 2017 -
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The Telescopes – As Light Return
English space rock veterans The Telescopes emerged in the late 80s alongside fellow heads Loop, Spacemen Three and My Bloody Valentine and this ninth album a... Read more »| 03 Jul 2017 -
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Broken Social Scene – Hug of Thunder
Comebacks are almost de rigeur in indie rock these days, but still, some seem less likely than others. When Toronto’s Broken Social Scene played the &l... Read more »| 03 Jul 2017 -
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Haim – Something to Tell You
Haim straddle the awkward middle-ground of pop and rock – a place where the scales are tipped heavily in the favour of 'commercial', rather than 'criti... Read more »| 30 Jun 2017 -
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Public Service Broadcasting – Every Valley
Following their concept album dedicated to the space race, Public Service Broadcasting bring things back down to earth and then some with Every Valley, an em... Read more »| 30 Jun 2017