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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AlbumsGrand Duchy – Let the People Speak
Every marriage has its ups and downs; Let the People Speak is mostly the latter. Husband and wife Frank Black and Violet Clark follow up Grand Duchy’s ... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
AlbumsBear in Heaven – I Love You, It's Cool
Bear in Heaven have always been a tough band to love. In contrast to like-minded brethren Animal Collective and Grizzly Bear, the Brooklyn-based trio's pen... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
AlbumsOrbital – Wonky
Orbital’s first LP since reforming in 2008 initially strikes out into familiar territory: the opening bars of One Big Moment revisit the combin... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
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Trembling Bells featuring Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – The Marble Downs
Trembling Bells bring a marked departure from recent Will Oldham-involved projects, with a sound that’s a brimming-over the cup of baroque. Their infu... Read more »| 30 Mar 2012 -
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Amadou & Mariam – Folila
For a visually impaired husband and wife duo from Mali, Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia have an impressive knack of befriending international superstars... Read more »| 30 Mar 2012 -
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AU – Both Lights
AU’s latest album is typically arcane, yet it crackles with access points. As always, a casual cadre of guests expand upon Luke Wyland’s intric... Read more »| 30 Mar 2012
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AlbumsSeamus Fogarty – God Damn You Mountain
Rita Jack’s Lament, the centrepiece of Seamus Fogarty’s startlingly good debut album, features a recording of a County Kerry native on her first... Read more »| 30 Mar 2012 -
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Quakers – Quakers
At 41 tracks, Quakers is a behemoth of a record. It's hip-hop to the core: samples and crisp beats clashing violently beneath a roll call of emcees who r... Read more »| 30 Mar 2012 -
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Haight-Ashbury – Haight-Ashbury 2: The Ashburys
There is absolutely nothing in Haight-Ashbury's second album to suggest they are a three-piece from Glasgow that make music in 2012. This is a band that un... Read more »| 30 Mar 2012 -
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Lightships – Electric Cables
Most Teenage Fanclub albums contain at least one standout penned by bass player Gerard Love: Star Sign, Sparky’s Dream, Ain’t That Enough, I Ne... Read more »| 30 Mar 2012 -
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Eric Chenaux – Guitar & Voice
Its title gives Chenaux’s fourth album for the Constellation label a rather orchestral air. And Guitar & Voice is perhaps best considered as an orc... Read more »| 30 Mar 2012 -
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La Sera – Sees the Light
'Kickball' Katy Goodman – better known as one third of the surf-punk group Vivian Girls – returns with this second solo album under the La Se... Read more »| 29 Mar 2012 -
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Pinkunoizu – Free Time!
Though based in Copenhagan, Pinkunoizu foreground multicultural aspirations via a Japanese name (‘pink noise’) and lyrical references to the Ar... Read more »| 29 Mar 2012 -
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Carter Tutti Void – Transverse
Executed and recorded as a live stage show, for which these four sizeable noise ambles were specifically composed and rehearsed beforehand, Chris & Cos... Read more »| 29 Mar 2012 -
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King Britt – King Britt presents Fhloston Paradigm EP
Fhloston Paradigm is the newest alias of Philly producer King Britt, an alias that lets him showcase his love of pioneering the pioneering synth scores for... Read more »| 29 Mar 2012