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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Albums
Plaid – Reachy Prints
Returning in 2011 with the somewhat underwhelming Scintilli, Plaid have kept their hand in, but Reachy Prints sees them return with gusto to the ambitious sonic realms of their golden age, and deliver an album that almost ranks with their best Read more »| 19 May 2014 -
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Tuff Love – Junk EP
Johnny Lynch’s first new signings since he transplanted the bulk of the Fence roster to his new Lost Map label, Glasgow trio Tuff Love are already dab ... Read more »| 15 May 2014 -
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WIFE – What's Between
Perhaps the most accessible release so far from the unimpeachable Tri-Angle label, WIFE offers up his full-length debut, a gleaming, polished collection of g... Read more »| 15 May 2014 -
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Martha – Courting Strong
"Now I may be a reject / But to tell the truth, you’re scarier than a prefect." With every dimwit commentator lauding the recent past as some hazy utop... Read more »| 14 May 2014 -
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Alias – Pitch Black Prism
Heralding a switch from his MPC-based productions to the more synthetic sounds of the Native Instruments Machine, there is a certain linearity to the drum pr... Read more »| 14 May 2014 -
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Watter – This World
We never really knew Slint. New documentary Breadcrumb Trail goes some way to giving greater context to their brief history, suggesting that drummer Britt Wa... Read more »| 14 May 2014
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Battery Face – what's what stuff
It's remarkable that the long player concept remains pretty much the same in 2014 as it was in 1964. While almost every other pillar of the music industry ha... Read more »| 13 May 2014 -
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Royal Trux – Radio Video EP (Reissue)
The knockout punch of 1998’s Accelerator saw Royal Trux combine skronked-out groove with their rootsier instincts, only for follow-up Veterans Of Disor... Read more »| 07 May 2014 -
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Bird – My Fear and Me
Bird fashion mood so deftly, securing their soundscapes to their own distinct and fascinating rhythm: bass and drums (toms trump snare) propel the songs. Ade... Read more »| 07 May 2014 -
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Mr. Scruff – Friendly Bacteria
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Kate Tempest – Everybody Down
Spoken word artist Kate Tempest's debut is undoubtedly impressive. The storytelling of Marshall Law and Lonely Daze – gritty, intimate and co... Read more »| 06 May 2014 -
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Matt Berry – Music for Insomniacs
On screen, Matt Berry is all about that voice: a sonorous, knee-trembling baritone that garlands every utterance in comic grandiloquence. Across hi... Read more »| 06 May 2014 -
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Little Dragon – Nabuma Rubberband
The more layers Little Dragon shed, the more interesting their sound arguably becomes, with fourth album Nabuma Rubberband containing some of their spar... Read more »| 01 May 2014 -
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Inventions – Inventions
Inventions is the first collaboration between Explosions in the Sky guitarist Mark Smith and ambient aficionado Matthew Cooper, more commonly known as Eluviu... Read more »| 30 Apr 2014 -
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Bastard Mountain – Farewell, Bastard Mountain
Meadow Ghosts instantly paints a lush-yet-disturbing atmosphere which permeates throughout Bastard Mountain's debut; solemn strings decorate the aural landsc... Read more »| 30 Apr 2014