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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Albumstoso toso – toso toso
New York collective toso toso emerge fully formed on their spellbinding debut Read more »| 06 Nov 2025 -
AlbumsThe Dears – Life is Beautiful! Life is Beautiful! Life is Beautiful!
Montreal indie stalwarts The Dears return with a ninth album full of the joys of life Read more »| 06 Nov 2025 -
AlbumsDanny Brown – Stardust
Danny Brown's sixth solo album is a rejuvenated, feature-packed return to form for one of the most innovative rappers around Read more »| 03 Nov 2025 -
AlbumsRic Herrington’s Audiatic Orchestra – PROCESSION: The Environmental Symphony
On PROCESSION: The Environmental Symphony, Ric Herrington’s Audiatic Orchestra create a lively and charming tapestry of natural sounds Read more »| 03 Nov 2025 -
AlbumsWitch Fever – FEVEREATEN
In their second full-length album, Manchester's Witch Fever deliver a high impact, genre-bending rejection of hegemony Read more »| 30 Oct 2025 -
Albumsclaire rousay – a little death
On new album a little death, claire rousay re-embraces her diaristic style, turning the textures of everyday life into something quietly transcendent Read more »| 29 Oct 2025
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AlbumsAdmiral Fallow – First of the Birds
The Glasgow five-piece return with First of the Birds, a handsome, although occasionally uneven fifth LP Read more »| 27 Oct 2025 -
AlbumsJust Mustard – WE WERE JUST HERE
Still disorientating yet more alive than ever, WE WERE JUST HERE is a bold third album from Just Mustard that deftly pairs darkness with light Read more »| 21 Oct 2025 -
AlbumsSkullcrusher – And Your Song Is Like a Circle
Floaty folk fuses together with airy electronics on Skullcrusher’s ethereal second album, And Your Song Is Like a Circle Read more »| 17 Oct 2025 -
AlbumsRianne Downey – The Consequence of Love
On her debut album, Rianne Downey wears her heart on her sleeve across ten tracks that have an unmistakably Scottish flavour Read more »| 16 Oct 2025 -
AlbumsSudan Archives – THE BPM
The third album from Brittney Parks, aka Sudan Archives, is a dizzying, frenetic collision of sound and vision Read more »| 14 Oct 2025 -
AlbumsSoulwax – All Systems Are Lying
While there's not much depth to the lyrics on the Dewaele brothers' latest album, when it sounds this good, who cares? Read more »| 14 Oct 2025 -
AlbumsThey Are Gutting a Body of Water – LOTTO
The Philadelphia shoegazers reign in their wonkier tendencies to slightly neutering effect on LOTTO Read more »| 14 Oct 2025 -
AlbumsJay Som – Belong
What once was meticulous and solitary is now plural and porous, Jay Som’s Belong is a study in letting go Read more »| 08 Oct 2025 -
AlbumsMadison Cunningham – Ace
Madison Cunningham explores a new moody sonic palette on her expressive third album, Ace Read more »| 07 Oct 2025