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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AlbumsLiturgy – The Ark Work
Liturgy faced both praise and ridicule back in 2011 with the publicity surrounding Aesthetica, an LP that strengthened the quartet's hyper-intense fusion of ... Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
AlbumsCourtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
She’s a smart one, Courtney Barnett. Like all the best observational lyricists, she can summon – or at least suggest – profundity in t... Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
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Modest Mouse – Strangers To Ourselves
Eight years, eh? Modest Mouse finally return, unscathed – indeed, unMarred – by lineup changes and relocations, and the inclusion of some electro... Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
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Sacred Paws – Six Songs EP
Guitar, drums and two vocals; the Sacred Paws line-up couldn't be more straightforward. But their first proper release after being signed by Mogwai's Rock Ac... Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
AlbumsThe Go! Team – The Scene Between
Ian Parton began The Go! Team as a home studio project – he recorded 2004 debut Thunder, Lightning, Strike in his parent's kitchen – an... Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
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Errors – Lease of Life
It can be all too easy to let an album’s artwork inform your appreciation of the music in imaginary ways, like some kind of reverse Rorschach inkb... Read more »| 04 Mar 2015
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The Monochrome Set – Spaces Everywhere
The injustices wrought by the fallout of the UK's post-punk explosion are infamous and many. While mavericks such as Wire and The Fall secured a loyal audien... Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
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Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat – The Most Important Place In The World
It’s twenty years since Arab Strap first enabled Aidan Moffat to demonstrate his talent for extracting sage poetry from the seediest of situations, pro... Read more »| 03 Mar 2015 -
AlbumsMatthew E. White – Fresh Blood
With 50 Shades still filling cinemas, “let me sleep in your tent tonight” is far from the most salacious request you might hear this month, but p... Read more »| 03 Mar 2015 -
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The Cribs – For All My Sisters
They've never shirked from the big, difficult issues in their lyrics but it felt like a real darkness had enveloped the post-Marr Cribs for their dense last ... Read more »| 27 Feb 2015 -
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Heems – Eat, Pray, Thug
Known for his wily mix of social criticism with silly referential humour as part of defunct rap outfit Das Racist, Himanshu Suri manages to crack the odd jok... Read more »| 26 Feb 2015 -
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of Montreal – Aureate Gloom
In the past, of Montreal have seen myriad reincarnations but Aureate Gloom isn’t worlds apart from the shambolic, hedonistic disco of 2013’s Lous... Read more »| 25 Feb 2015 -
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Swervedriver – I Wasn’t Born to Lose You
Some 18 years after protracted label dramas and a frosty reception to underrated fourth album 99th Dream saw Swervedriver quietly withdraw from the race, I W... Read more »| 25 Feb 2015 -
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Moon Duo – Shadow Of The Sun
Moon Duo take us back to the year 1972, a time where we find Roger Waters pummelling a gong in the ruins of the lost city of Pompeii. And while '72-era Floyd... Read more »| 25 Feb 2015 -
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Gang of Four – What Happens Next
The departure of vocalist and arch-lyricist Jon King from Gang of Four in 2012 means many fans of the band will view What Happens Next with suspicion, regard... Read more »| 25 Feb 2015