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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AlbumsFather John Misty – Pure Comedy
Our April album of the month, Josh Tillman's latest as Father John Misty takes a deep, dark and farcical look at 21st-century culture Read more »| 03 Apr 2017 -
AlbumsThe State Broadcasters – A Different Past
Glasgow outfit The State Broadcasters' long awaited third album sees them making a marginal break with the folk-tinged melancholia of their past releases to ... Read more »| 29 Mar 2017 -
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Future Islands – The Far Field
Having honed their craft across three full lengths, it wasn’t until 2014's Singles that Baltimore trio Future Islands really got people listening. An a... Read more »| 28 Mar 2017 -
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Wire – Silver/Lead
Wire emerged alongside the nascent punk movement in the late 70s, but they just as quickly gave up those cheap thrills in search of something more visce... Read more »| 27 Mar 2017 -
AlbumsCharlotte OC – Careless People
In Charlotte OC’s world, every line has a shadow; 'We keep on running like a river! Riveeeer.' The pop-minded theatricality of her debut album Careless... Read more »| 27 Mar 2017 -
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Manuela – Manuela
By the time the second chorus rolls around on Everything Goes, the gauzy, unassuming opener to Manuela’s debut record, you know you’re in good ... Read more »| 27 Mar 2017
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Saltland – A Common Truth
Let’s get the most important part out of the way before we start wittering on: Rebecca Foon’s second album as Saltland is a bona fide stunner. Po... Read more »| 27 Mar 2017 -
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Coco Hames – Coco Hames
From the opening salvo of When You Said Goodbye and I Do Love You, you’ll immediately know whether or not you’re going to love Coco Hames. With t... Read more »| 27 Mar 2017 -
AlbumsChaz Bundick Meets The Mattson 2 – Star Stuff
Chaz Bundick is a chameleon. Pioneering the chillwave epoch of the early 2010s under the moniker Toro y Moi, he’s since tried his hand at funk, psyched... Read more »| 27 Mar 2017 -
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PINS – 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 -
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Desperate 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 -
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Craig 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 -
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Johnny 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