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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AlbumsSpectrals – Sob Story
Spectrals – the nom de plume of Yorkshire singer-songwriter Louis Jones – introduced his brand of lovelorn guitar pop on 2011’s p... Read more »| 30 May 2013 -
AlbumsTrigger Effect – What's Left to Eliminate?
Canadian punks Trigger Effect are running on adrenaline - most movements on their latest LP clock in at under two minutes, with little to no breathing room. ... Read more »| 30 May 2013 -
SinglesYoung Fathers – Tape Two
Young Fathers' lo-fi take on 90s R&B, classic soul and old-school hip-hop is increasingly experimental, and that's no bad thing. Their recent excursions ... Read more »| 29 May 2013 -
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Quickbeam – Quickbeam
Although Quickbeam is their debut release, this Glasgow-based quartet have been honing their ethereal, meditative folk for three years, and their d... Read more »| 29 May 2013 -
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Camera Obscura – Desire Lines
For those unfamiliar with the term, ‘desire line’ is the poetic name given to those winding dirt trails that appear when people walk a certain ro... Read more »| 29 May 2013 -
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These New Puritans – Field of Reeds
Billed as a suite in three instalments of three tracks each, These New Puritans' third LP is a studious affair, as absorbant as it is absorbing (among its ma... Read more »| 29 May 2013
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Icky Blossoms – Icky Blossoms
It’s sometimes tough to distinguish between maverick eclecticism and plain old muddlement, with Icky Blossoms' exhibit A. The pedigree of its... Read more »| 29 May 2013 -
AlbumsMagic Arm – Images Rolling
Magic Arm is more or less the work of one man, who uses magic hands (plus a heap of helpful gadgets and instruments) to craft impressively full-bodied record... Read more »| 29 May 2013 -
AlbumsPasadena Napalm Division – Pasadena Napalm Division
Pasadena Napalm Division's membership should speak volumes for fans of thrash and hardcore: D.R.I frontman Kurt Brecht joins forces with members of 80s heavy... Read more »| 29 May 2013 -
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Melt Yourself Down – Melt Yourself Down
The second track on pyretic jazz-punk collective Melt Yourself Down’s eponymous debut is titled Release!, but in truth the whole shebang is one great b... Read more »| 28 May 2013 -
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Three Blind Wolves – Sing Hallelujah For the Old Machine
Right back to his solo days as a fixture in Glasgow’s live listings, Ross Clark has been an attention-grabbing performer. Back then, his noticeability ... Read more »| 28 May 2013 -
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Lightning Dust – Fantasy
On the go since 2007, Lightning Dust's boy-girl duo of Amber Webber and Josh Wells (of Black Mountain) – singer and producer respectively – have ... Read more »| 27 May 2013 -
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Baths – Obsidian
In contrast to the lo-fi, spider-webbed textures of 2010's Cerulean, Obsidian is constructed from solid blocks of stuttering, precision-tooled beats, intrica... Read more »| 27 May 2013 -
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UK Decay – New Hope for the Dead
Post-punk originators UK Decay are presenting listeners with a new, politically charged effort over thirty years after the release of their first LP. Surpris... Read more »| 27 May 2013 -
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Nancy Elizabeth – Dancing
Arguably her most elaborate offering to date, Nancy Elizabeth’s third album Dancing pushes the Lancastrian singer-songwriter’s neo-folk... Read more »| 20 May 2013