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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AlbumsULTRAS – ULTRAS
The new solo project of Gav Prentice from Glasgow cult heroes Over the Wall, ULTRAS combines folk singer-songwriting with electronic, hip-hop influ... Read more »| 24 Apr 2017 -
AlbumsBabe – Kiss & Tell
While Babe's 2014 debut, Volery Flighty, walked a varied path – pieced together over time, saturated with instruments and influences –&... Read more »| 24 Apr 2017 -
AlbumsSylvan Esso – What Now
Following three years of bouncing between sold-out shows, Sylvan Esso's second album What Now reckons with the popularity, and ensuing normalisation, of... Read more »| 24 Apr 2017 -
AlbumsFeist – Pleasure
So this is what we get after six years away. Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Leslie Feist’s long-awaited fifth LP Pleasure continues the ... Read more »| 24 Apr 2017 -
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Dominic Waxing Lyrical – Rural Tonic
The name Rural Tonic calls to mind two things. The first: a gentile spa retreat – maybe you’ve gone to the Lakes and just logged off, yknow?... Read more »| 19 Apr 2017 -
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Jess Morgan – Edison Gloriette
Upon first hearing Jess Morgan back in 2013, this writer was totally won over by the quality of her storytelling and her spikey, claw-hammer guitar style. Sh... Read more »| 19 Apr 2017
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BNQT – Volume 1
BNQT is an indie super-group made up of members of Midlake, along with the frontmen from Band of Horses, Franz Ferdinand, Grandaddy and Travis. Taken se... Read more »| 19 Apr 2017 -
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Maxïmo Park – Risk to Exist
The Geordie stalwarts return to make sense of turbulent times with their sixth LP Read more »| 19 Apr 2017 -
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Lee Southall – Iron In The Fire
Enough time has passed now to consider that maybe the noughties didn't herald the great guitar-band revival we thought they did at the time, and that, in fac... Read more »| 19 Apr 2017 -
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Joe Goddard – Electric Lines
As a member of both Hot Chip and The 2 Bears, and as a multi-faceted musician involved in production, songwriting and DJing, Joe Goddard has earned his music... Read more »| 18 Apr 2017 -
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WHITE – One Night Stand Forever
The debut album from Glasgow five-piece WHITE, One Night Stand Forever (not to be confused with the Ed Ruscha painting of the same name) is a raucous riot of... Read more »| 18 Apr 2017 -
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Gallops – Bronze Mystic
The Wrexham post-rockers are back from the dead with an armful of synths and the same punishing guitars Read more »| 18 Apr 2017 -
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Monkoora – Nuclear BB
Nuclear BB is a daft and delightfully chaotic clutch of songs that touch upon identity, political responsibility and memory against a multi-coloured tan... Read more »| 17 Apr 2017 -
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Justin Walter – Unseen Forces
Never mind unseen forces, it’s the subconscious ones you’ve got to watch out for. Justin Walter’s second LP avoids the visceral to drift al... Read more »| 17 Apr 2017 -
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Deep State – Thought Garden
The debut album from Athens, Georgia four-piece Deep State shoots straight for the gut. There is no pretense in their sound. Though they cite influences as b... Read more »| 11 Apr 2017