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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Albumssleepmakeswaves – Love of Cartography
The lambent, dreamlike qualities of sleepmakeswaves’ post-rock re-imaginings have always been underscored by a winning paradox: music without words it ... Read more »| 26 Aug 2014 -
AlbumsInterpol – El Pintor
If opener and lead single All the Rage Back Home doesn’t hook from the off, fear not. Like much of this fifth album from the newly trim trio, bassist C... Read more »| 26 Aug 2014 -
AlbumsSinkane – Mean Love
Sinkane's 2012 album Mars made a convincing case for Ahmed Gallab being the inheritor of Curtis Mayfield's crown. On Mean Love, his delicate falsetto, the br... Read more »| 26 Aug 2014 -
AlbumsLittle Tornados – We Are Divine
For anyone disappointed by a lack of overt political engagement in pop, try Little Tornados on for size. Led by multi-instrumentalist and songwriter David Th... Read more »| 26 Aug 2014 -
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Pulled Apart By Horses – Blood
Pulled Apart By Horses have been successfully welding grimy blues rock to post punk sensibilities for some time. Third album Blood might not win ov... Read more »| 25 Aug 2014 -
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The Travelling Band – The Big Defreeze
The opening line of album number three from Manchester's folk rock stalwarts serves notice of an unexpectedly dark outlook. “There is a man in my dream... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014
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Love Inks – Exi
…In which the Austin trio further refine their minimalist sound to yet more sombre proportions. Where jangling guitars once nagged and prodded atop si... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
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Joel Gion – Apple Bonkers
After nearly 20 years of rattling the tambourine for The Brian Jonestown Massacre – arguably the cushiest job in rock – Joel Gion finally pens a ... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014 -
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Merchandise – After The End
So what exactly do you want from Tampa contrarians Merchandise? A return to their hardcore roots? More post-punk noise-pop? Sorry kids. After The End is thei... Read more »| 13 Aug 2014 -
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J Mascis – Tied To A Star
Is any phrase in the pop lexicon even half as soul-crushing as ‘solo album’? They’re often drab affairs, characterised less by the artist&r... Read more »| 13 Aug 2014 -
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Bear In Heaven – Time Is Over One Day Old
Bear In Heaven's fourth album is often shrewdly crafted. Each track is guided by a clean, simple melodic progression, Jon Philpott's vocals polished until th... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
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Mndsgn – Yawn Zen
A slice of zen from the LA beat scene, courtesy of Mndsgn ('mind design'), a producer with one of the strangest bios ever written, involving flight from the ... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
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SEØUEL – Prague EP
Something has been brewing in the depths of former Degrassi frontman Tom Nicol's laboratory. As SEØUEL, the born again producer combines retro-futuris... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
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Maybeshewill – Fair Youth
At some point during Fair Youth, you’re going to feel absolutely knackered. There seems little point in denying the emotive vastness of Maybeshewill&rs... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
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Cold Specks – Neuroplasticity
Slip on the second album from Cold Specks (aka Canada-born/UK-based singer-songwriter Al Spx), and it’s the voice that hooks you first. As opener A Bro... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014