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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AlbumsGlobelamp – The Orange Glow
A gleeful, headlong adventure, Elizabeth Le Fey's debut finally receives a UK release. If Connan Mockasin taking a spanner to Kate Bush's The ... Read more »| 24 May 2016 -
AlbumsChristine Ott – Only Silence Remains
A studied enactment of both vision and virtuosity, Only Silence Remains is Christine Ott's latest solo work, following on from her 2009 debut Solitude N... Read more »| 13 May 2016 -
AlbumsFews – Means
Swedish/American four-piece Fews finally let loose over ten full tracks, after teasing music bloggers last year with tracks The Zoo and Ill. On debut record ... Read more »| 12 May 2016 -
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Marissa Nadler – Strangers
Seven albums in, Boston native Marissa Nadler reunites with producer Randall Dunn, who recorded 2014's July, and continues in much the same vein. That clean ... Read more »| 12 May 2016 -
AlbumsMisha – All We Will Become
Misha’s All We Will Become is apparently inspired by themes of “reincarnation and renewal”, and you can see why the idea of a fresh start m... Read more »| 12 May 2016 -
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Mutual Benefit – Skip A Sinking Stone
Slipping effortlessly between wispy, lo-fi gospel and warm trails of orchestration, the second album from Mutual Benefit (aka Jordan Lee) doesn’t want ... Read more »| 11 May 2016
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Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
Back in the day, before Spotify and YouTube, bands inspired tribes. Radiohead were part of your identity, where you placed yourself. It's still difficult to ... Read more »| 11 May 2016 -
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Methyl Ethel – Oh Inhuman Spectacle
Australian multi-instrumentalist Jake Webb explores a fascination with texture, arrangement and mood on his debut album. 4AD's patronage makes perfect s... Read more »| 11 May 2016 -
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Kate Jackson – British Road Movies
The equal – at least – of the two dazzling artworks she delivered with The Long Blondes, Jackson's solo debut comes eight years after guitarist D... Read more »| 11 May 2016 -
AlbumsSophia – As We Make Our Way (Unknown Harbours)
Robin Proper-Sheppard has always had a way with love. Of viewing it at odd angles, teasing out the strands of heartbreak almost before hearts have been broke... Read more »| 11 May 2016 -
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Summer Cannibals – Full of It
The Portland band arrive on this, their third album. A ferocious – and ferociously cerebral – collection, these 11 songs rattle your sternum whil... Read more »| 11 May 2016 -
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Gold Panda – Good Luck and Do Your Best
When you look beyond life's gauntlet of insufferable bullshit, sometimes we do live in a bright, wonderful world; Derwin Panda has decided it’s time to... Read more »| 10 May 2016 -
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Beth Orton – Kidsticks
Beth Orton rolls back the years with an exceptional return to form. Read more »| 10 May 2016 -
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Malcolm Middleton – Summer of ‘13
“Won’t someone please come on and diagnose me with something,” urges the curiously uplifting opener Steps. “I’m not making prog... Read more »| 09 May 2016 -
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Holy Fuck – Congrats
Holy... shit. Chimes Broken, the opening track to the saintly, sweary Canadians’ surprise new album will smack you in the teeth, twice. Three times, ev... Read more »| 09 May 2016