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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AlbumsPrefuse 73 – Every Colour Of Darkness
Prefuse 73’s music is like an unscratched itch. Guillermo S. Herren belongs to that small band of producers, including Flying Lotus, who take a hip-hop... Read more »| 26 Jun 2015 -
AlbumsSleaford Mods – Key Markets
Jason Williamson: lyrical clusterbomb, full of bon mots – often expletives – and prescient observations deployed at dizzying speed. Check him out... Read more »| 26 Jun 2015 -
AlbumsTrembling Bells – The Sovereign Self
The reverberant, harrowing and cathartic vocals of Lavinia Blackwall stretch opener ’Tween the Womb and The Tomb to sheer fullness as she literally sin... Read more »| 26 Jun 2015 -
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The Orange Humble Band – Depressing Beauty
Ken Stringfellow. Jody Stephens. Jon Auer. Chris Stamey. Mitch Easter. If you are of a certain gender (male), age (um…) and persuasion (into REM when ... Read more »| 25 Jun 2015 -
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Carlton Melton – Out to Sea
Psychedelic jam band Carlton Melton’s latest cosmic voyage aims to open your mind, but you’ll first need to adjust your expectations. Most tracks... Read more »| 25 Jun 2015 -
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Rolo Tomassi – Grievances
Rolo Tomassi's complex and uncompromising aesthetic has seen them perhaps fall between two stools: leftfield additions to the Download bill on the one hand; ... Read more »| 24 Jun 2015
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Supermoon – Oh Supermoon, Vol. 1
Neil Pennycook has ditched the Meursault moniker. In its place: Supermoon. A threadbare step down from the intricate and skewed folk of his previous out... Read more »| 24 Jun 2015 -
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Mutoid Man – Bleeder
There’s a real dizzying effect when Bleeder first roars out of your speakers; a cyclone of gargantuan riffs and wailing solos that threaten to submerge... Read more »| 24 Jun 2015 -
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Hector Bizerk – The Waltz of Modern Psychiatry
Hector Bizerk's enthusiasm when performing and willingness to experiment has won them fans far beyond hip-hop circles. The Birds of Paradise Theatre group, w... Read more »| 12 Jun 2015 -
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Son Lux – Bones
Ever the evolving project, Ryan Lott’s Son Lux – now a three-piece – have migrated again, from Joyful Noise to Glassnote. This is, by ... Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
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Wolf Alice – My Love Is Cool
Bin those preconceptions now. Turns out Ellie Rowsell's claim (when she spoke to The Skinny back in March) that those pitching her band as 90s alt-rock ... Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
AlbumsFist City – Everything Is A Mess
Garagey slop at its best: on this second ‘official’ album, Alberta surf-punx Fist City nail something potent, poppy and purposeful. The ramalama ... Read more »| 03 Jun 2015 -
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Everything Everything – Get To Heaven
Three albums in and folk are eyeing northern quartet Everything Everything closely; surely they must misstep eventually? Alas, Get To Heaven is as polished a... Read more »| 03 Jun 2015 -
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Outfit – Slowness
Their 2013 debut Performance didn't spark throughout, but its clutch of on-the-money highlights announced Outfit as an act keen – and equipped – ... Read more »| 03 Jun 2015 -
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Desaparecidos – Payola
When the last Desaparecidos album surfaced in 2002, emo wunderkind Conor Oberst was only 22. Still, their ideas were fully formed: The 'Disappeared’ pr... Read more »| 03 Jun 2015