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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AlbumsLaurel Halo – Chance of Rain
It ends as it starts, book-ended by the brief electric piano meanderings of the opening Dr. Echt, and the closing Out. Mini-overture and coda, they house the... Read more »| 15 Oct 2013 -
AlbumsBotany – Lava Diviner (Truestory)
The bizarrely clunky title of Spencer Stephenson’s debut as Botany reflects the LP’s similarly bonkers concept, which narrates the tale of a fict... Read more »| 15 Oct 2013 -
AlbumsApex Zero – Reality Provoking Liberation
Trading in a decidedly old-school form of lyricism that recalls early London pioneers, Apex Zero's raw, manifesto-driven raps have a lot in common with the e... Read more »| 15 Oct 2013 -
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Autechre – L-Event
L-Event finds the veterans delivering a characteristically uncommercial four-track set of inscrutable electronic contortions. Tac Lacora leans hard on metall... Read more »| 14 Oct 2013 -
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Daniel Avery – Drone Logic
Daniel Avery has produced a complex, deeply satisfying debut – like James Holden's The Inheritors, it offers a new blueprint for techno, a million... Read more »| 09 Oct 2013 -
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Saint Rich – Beyond the Drone
This New Jersey duo are best-known for their work as Delicate Steve, an instrumental project in which Christian Peslak provides the support to some virtuosic... Read more »| 09 Oct 2013
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AlbumsDJ Rashad – Double Cup
Trap, footwork and juke all have the potential to be seen as disposable, relying on chopped-up samples, and beats that go as dumb as they go hard. In the han... Read more »| 08 Oct 2013 -
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Russian Circles – Memorial
Varied textures and technical proficiency are just about as common as a big chap grunting into a microphone in the modern metal world, but Chicagoans Russian... Read more »| 08 Oct 2013 -
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Rae & Christian – Mercury Rising
Rae & Christian return after more than a decade with an album inspired by 70s British folk, but the results, recorded and played immaculately, border on ... Read more »| 08 Oct 2013 -
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Future of the Left – How to Stop Your Brain in an Accident
“The music industry is lying to you” preaches Andy Falkous on serrated satire Singing of the Bonesaws, chiding listeners for “[confusing] e... Read more »| 08 Oct 2013 -
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Paper Tiger – Laptop Suntan
The appeal of Paper Tiger's debut full-length album is exactly the same thing that makes it slightly underwhelming, although absolutely competent. This is th... Read more »| 08 Oct 2013 -
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Hector Bizerk – Nobody Seen Nothing
The first thing to note about Hector Bizerk's second album is the serious step up in terms of production technique – recorded and engineered by dr... Read more »| 07 Oct 2013 -
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Tim Hecker – Virgins
Tim Hecker’s choice of nomenclature for his songs can be incredibly misleading. On Virgins, his undeniably enigmatic but strikingly warm follow-up to t... Read more »| 03 Oct 2013 -
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Saint Max and the Fanatics – Saint Max is Missing and the Fanatics are Dead
A little over a year since their inaugural gig, Saint Max and the Fanatics deliver their full-length debut – a celerity that screams confidence and an ... Read more »| 03 Oct 2013 -
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Daedelus – Drown Out
He has released 12 albums in as many years, but Daedelus shows no signs of tiring on his debut album for Anticon. Inspired by the turbulent emotions that fol... Read more »| 02 Oct 2013