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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AlbumsDead Light – Dead Light
On this inaugural collection of introspective, painterly instrumentals from English duo Anna Rose Carter and Ed Hamilton, incidental noise is just as importa... Read more »| 03 Oct 2016 -
AlbumsThe Seshen - Flames & Figures
Imagine Little Dragon recorded a record with Erykah Badu for a DJ set inspired by Stranger Things. Chuck in some FlyLo-style space-travelling, some powe... Read more »| 03 Oct 2016 -
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Conor Oberst – Ruminations
Written in the winter of last year during an extended visit to his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, Conor Oberst’s seventh solo album is his most low-key o... Read more »| 03 Oct 2016 -
AlbumsD.D Dumbo – Utopia Defeated
Sometimes true originality takes a while to click. On a first listen, the debut effort from D.D Dumbo, aka Oliver Hugh Perry from Castlemaine, Australia, is ... Read more »| 03 Oct 2016 -
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Phantogram – Three
Difficult to argue with Three's convincing lead track, the radio-friendly extravagance that is You Don't Get Me High Anymore. How it whips itself into a dizz... Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
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C Duncan – The Midnight Sun
2015 was a time of reckoning for C Duncan; his debut record Architect was swallowed by critical acclaim, headline tours and a Mercury Prize shortlist media f... Read more »| 30 Sep 2016
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The Ocean Party – Restless
Restless has the kind of chiming guitar lines you last heard on a Chills album, and the vocals are high enough in the mix to tell you THIS IS A POP... Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
AlbumsGang of Four - Live... In the Moment
The algorithm runs like this: for every great live album, there are 50 or more that are bad ideas. Periodically, though, you have a band that are seen a... Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
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Merchandise - A Corpse Wired For Sound
On new record A Corpse Wired For Sound the Florida post punks revert to a trio collaborating over long distance, following their brief expansi... Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
EpRory O’B - Quit Rapping EP
Although you wouldn’t know it reading some of the trend pieces flying around at the moment, hip hop has been a well-established scene in Scotland ... Read more »| 28 Sep 2016 -
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Douglas Dare - Aforger
Bridport's premier electro-troubadour turns in a trudge of a second album Read more »| 28 Sep 2016 -
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Black Marble - It's Immaterial
Chris Stewart's latest collaborative effort is intriguingly atmospheric Read more »| 28 Sep 2016 -
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Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
After a year of blockbuster records and blustering surprise drops, the history books will look favourably on Danny Brown. Atrocity Exhibition is the Detroit ... Read more »| 27 Sep 2016 -
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PWR BTTM – Ugly Cherries
Queercore goes glam-powerpop – and how! Having dropped across the Atlantic late last year, Ugly Cherries finally gets a UK release, and it’s... Read more »| 27 Sep 2016 -
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Clipping - Splendor & Misery
The opening track on Splendor & Misery carefully lays down a very specific scene: echoing vocals reverberate, evoking the vast emptiness of space, d... Read more »| 23 Sep 2016