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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AlbumsHazel English – Just Give In / Never Going Home
Last year Oakland-via-Australia singer-songwriter Hazel English released her debut EP, Never Going Home. Filled with lilting, bittersweet indie-pop gems, it ... Read more »| 19 May 2017 -
AlbumsLuke Sital-Singh – Time is a Riddle
After the release of his debut album The Fire Inside, comparisons with Bon Iver have seemed to follow Luke Sital-Singh pretty much wherever he goes. The fact... Read more »| 19 May 2017 -
AlbumsBMX Bandits – BMX Bandits Forever
The Belshill indie favourites are back, and in triumphant mood Read more »| 16 May 2017 -
AlbumsWavves – You're Welcome
You're Welcome is Wavves' first album since their acrimonious split with Warner, and first on Nathan Williams' new label, Ghost Ramp – the feeling of i... Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
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Land of Talk – Life After Youth
There’s a certain kind of rock song that seems to envelop you in its own little bubble. For three minutes or so, everything outside slows to a crawl wh... Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
AlbumsDo Make Say Think – Stubborn Persistent Illusions
Constantly underrated next to their peers Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Broken Social Scene, Toronto's Do Make Say Think have always been more than just th... Read more »| 15 May 2017
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Last Days – Seafaring
The oceans continue to be a chief source of inspiration for the Northumberland-born, Edinburgh-based composer Graham Richardson, who titled his 2006 debut Se... Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
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Pumarosa – The Witch
Pumarosa have a flair for the dramatic. While gothic, 4AD artists from the '80s may be the most obvious touchstones, Pumarosa imbue this icy style with a lot... Read more »| 15 May 2017 -
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Glass Vaults – The New Happy
The second album from New Zealand’s Glass Vaults is apparently recorded in a way specifically intended to induce Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, ... Read more »| 11 May 2017 -
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Girlpool – Powerplant
“As a society I feel that we perceive softness and vulnerability as traits that are ‘weak’, and people emotionally disconnect themselves in... Read more »| 10 May 2017 -
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Her's – Songs of Her's
Every time someone says ‘Mac DeMarco’, another group of chorus pedal-bearing, 20-something slackers form a band... or so it would appear. Spend t... Read more »| 08 May 2017 -
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Weirds – Swarmculture
Leeds four-piece Weirds aren’t really that weird. They describe themselves as psych-grunge but their sound is more reminiscent of old fashioned metal. ... Read more »| 08 May 2017 -
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PWR BTTM – Pageant
Any PWR BTTM fans hoping for more of the same fun, upbeat pop-punk anthems as heard on their debut Ugly Cherries will be surprised by what they hear on Pagea... Read more »| 08 May 2017 -
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In Pictures: Fat Out Fest 2017
The three-dayer from Salford independent promoters Fat Out pitched up at various venues across Salford for a glitter-coated celebration of DIY art and m... Read more »| 05 May 2017 -
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Gorillaz – Humanz
If this is the sound of good music in this tentative spring of 2017, then there is hope yet for the arts. And where there is hope for the arts, there is hope... Read more »| 05 May 2017