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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AlbumsThe Dodos – Individ
The ever-pleasant Dodos return to the fray with their sixth album, and it’s something of a gear shift. Conceived in the immediate aftermath of 2013&rsq... Read more »| 26 Jan 2015 -
AlbumsWray – Wray
The illusion of continuity: that’s the way Wray choose to bring up the curtain on this debut effort. Blood Moon’s nagging two-note jangle fades i... Read more »| 13 Jan 2015 -
AlbumsViet Cong – Viet Cong
The kind of piss and vinegar that brought a band like Women together was unlikely to just evaporate, despite guitarist Christopher Reimer's untimely death in... Read more »| 08 Jan 2015 -
AlbumsSiskiyou – Nervous
This third album from the Canadian ensemble led by Colin Huebert continues largely where 2011's Keep Away the Dead left off. Its feather-light constituents (... Read more »| 07 Jan 2015 -
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The Decemberists – What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World
The Decemberists have long since ascended to indie rock royalty despite a history of prog influences and obtuse lyrics – usually anathema to the mainst... Read more »| 07 Jan 2015 -
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Funeral for a Friend – Chapter and Verse
Difficult to believe it’s been more than ten years since Funeral for a Friend first broke through, but Chapter and Verse provides a handy opportun... Read more »| 07 Jan 2015
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The Phantom Band – Fears Trending
Comprised mainly of offcuts from last year's Strange Friend (five of the seven tracks here were recorded during those sessions), it’s temptin... Read more »| 07 Jan 2015 -
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Mamuthones & Evil Blizzard – Collisions Vol. 4
Volume 4 in Rocket Recordings' Collision series pits Italian psyche stalwarts Mamuthones against Brit space rock revivalists Evil Blizzard. It's a case of tu... Read more »| 07 Jan 2015 -
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Noveller – Fantastic Planet
It’s easy to draw parallels when musicians have alternative outlets for their wandering muses, but regardless, filmmaker Sarah Lipstate has a cineaste&... Read more »| 07 Jan 2015 -
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Redder – Walk Long Play
Sombre Finnish duo Redder pull back the curtain on debut LP Walk Long Play, the followup to 2013’s sparse EP Border/Lines, and the stage is pretty bare... Read more »| 07 Jan 2015 -
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Etienne Jaumet – La Visite
As half of French duo Zombie Zombie, Etienne Jaumet has found himself increasingly drawn into the world of film scores – whether covering the greats, a... Read more »| 07 Jan 2015 -
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Panda Bear – Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper
Noah Lennox’s fifth outing may have a rather portentous title but the content within is so much more than a simple dialogue with death. Then again, not... Read more »| 06 Jan 2015 -
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Pond – Man It Feels Like Space Again
Space? SPACE? It feels bigger than that, Sonny Jim. After the… ooh, approximately five seconds it takes to notice the similarities between Perth popst... Read more »| 06 Jan 2015 -
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BC Camplight – How To Die In The North
It’s too lazy to call How To Die In The North a catharsis for BC Camplight. True, a descent from critical acclaim to alcoholism, drug use and homelessn... Read more »| 06 Jan 2015 -
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Disappears – Irreal
The fifth album from Chicago quartet Disappears is so massive, so spatially aware that it appears to descend from an unattainable height without ever touchin... Read more »| 06 Jan 2015