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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AlbumsMarconi Union – Different Colours
The fifth LP from this Mancunian downbeat electronica outfit sees the addition of a third member – keyboard player Duncan Meadows – and a furt... Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
AlbumsThe Walkmen – Heaven
Despite their success The Walkmen couldn’t claim to be the most adventurous of bands. Ten years on from releasing their debut LP, the New York-based ... Read more »| 05 Jun 2012 -
AlbumsPHILM – Harmonic
Harmonic is a curious gem from start to finish. Every track feels like listening in on PHILM (a very tight group of superstar players, including Slayer's D... Read more »| 04 Jun 2012 -
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Citizens! – Here We Are
The rhythmic, bass-driven swagger of Here We Are, the debut from this London quintet, fits it comfortably enough alongside dancefloor-oriented outfits of ... Read more »| 04 Jun 2012 -
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Melvins-lite – Freak Puke
Demonic lead vocals and ear-shattering violins high in the mix make their Satanic presence felt, and all manner of bells, whistles and circuit-bent frequen... Read more »| 04 Jun 2012 -
AlbumsGideon Conn – Take It All
On paper, Take It All shouldn't work, and for the most part it doesn't. The entire record sounds painfully amateurish, but there's no disguising th... Read more »| 04 Jun 2012
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Future of the Left – The Plot Against Common Sense
Brace yourself: Andy Falkous has some things to get off his chest. The Plot Against Common Sense sees him exercise his caustic humour on a variety of irritan... Read more »| 01 Jun 2012 -
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Liars – WIXIW
Constructed around nebulous themes of doubt, fear and introspection, WIXIW finds Liars spinning a timbrally-rich web of mangled samples, sparing instrumenta... Read more »| 01 Jun 2012 -
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The Dirty Dozen – June 2012
Still Flyin' – Spirits (Highline, 4 Jun)Dean McClure: Described as 'San Francisco's favourite hammjammers.' I'm putting San Francisco and 'hammjammers'... Read more »| 01 Jun 2012 -
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A Place to Bury Strangers – Worship
It's never pretty when good bands go off the boil but the drop off that A Place to Bury Strangers seem to have experienced since 2009's Exploding Head is pa... Read more »| 01 Jun 2012 -
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Star Wheel Press – Life Cycle of a Falling Bird
When a lead singer possesses such a distinctive burr, it’s often easy to overlook everything that sits behind it. Not so on Life Cycle of a Falling B... Read more »| 31 May 2012 -
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Necro Deathmort – The Colonial Script
Imperial, the opener to Necro Deathmort's third longplayer, seeks to bewilder and confuse with an array of scattered laptop beats before giving way to the bl... Read more »| 30 May 2012 -
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Volcano! – Piñata
Instantly appealing on the outside, but with treats at their core: the piñata not only provides a name for Volcano!’s third album, it’s a ... Read more »| 29 May 2012 -
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Metallic Taste of Blood – Metallic Taste of Blood
Metallic Taste of Blood are a multicultural collective of semi-familiar faces whose eponymous debut curiously fuses together elements of prog, dub, math-ro... Read more »| 29 May 2012 -
AlbumsThe Invisible – Rispah
The untimely death of front-man Dave Okumu's mother massively informs the making of Rispah (the title being his mother's first name) and lush meditations on ... Read more »| 29 May 2012