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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AlbumsArcade Fire – WE
Arcade Fire’s WE is marked as a return from the depths of their career monstrosity Everything Now – unfortunately, it's anything but Read more »| 03 May 2022 -
AlbumsSigrid – How to Let Go
The second album from Sigrid, How to Let Go finds the Norwegian artist leaving behind provincial port town life to embrace pop superstardom Read more »| 02 May 2022 -
AlbumsToro y Moi – MAHAL
For his seventh record as Toro y Moi, Chaz Bear has curated a sonic escape route fit for a time of exceptional dread Read more »| 25 Apr 2022 -
AlbumsTomberlin – i don't know who needs to hear this...
On her second LP, i don’t know who needs to hear this…, Tomberlin’s self-soothing becomes a tonic for modern anguish Read more »| 25 Apr 2022 -
AlbumsKathryn Joseph – for you who are the wronged
A quiet rage seethes on Kathryn Joseph's bewitching third album, which gives voice to the experience of living with abuse Read more »| 18 Apr 2022 -
AlbumsFontaines D.C. – Skinty Fia
Fontaines D.C. return with Skinty Fia, a dark and moody album steeped in the history and politics of Ireland Read more »| 18 Apr 2022
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AlbumsThe Linda Lindas – Growing Up
It would take the most cynical among us to find The Linda Lindas' debut album Growing Up as anything but a good time Read more »| 05 Apr 2022 -
AlbumsWet Leg – Wet Leg
On their long-awaited debut album, Wet Leg perfectly capture the difficult feeling of drifting through life in early adulthood Read more »| 04 Apr 2022 -
AlbumsFather John Misty – Chloë and the Next 20th Century
Josh Tillman’s latest release under his notoriously self-indulgent Father John Misty moniker marks a refreshing change in direction: privileging the music far above the man Read more »| 04 Apr 2022 -
AlbumsKae Tempest – The Line Is a Curve
Kae Tempest's new album The Line Is a Curve is their most open, vulnerable and beautiful yet Read more »| 04 Apr 2022 -
AlbumsConfidence Man – TILT
Everyone’s favourite party band Confidence Man are bringing us back to the 90s with TILT, a snappy, good-time album with plenty of charm and wit Read more »| 29 Mar 2022 -
AlbumsWarmduscher – At the Hotspot
Warmduscher tone down their mania for an album of disco-funk and lyrical irreverence, produced by Hot Chip duo Al Doyle and Joe Goddard Read more »| 29 Mar 2022 -
AlbumsWalt Disco – Unlearning
Walt Disco's much-anticipated debut album, Unlearning, is gritty, melodramatic, and a little bit batshit Read more »| 28 Mar 2022 -
AlbumsWidowspeak – The Jacket
Widowspeak’s sixth studio album finds them slick, soulful and effortlessly cool as ever Read more »| 23 Mar 2022 -
AlbumsCamp Cope – Running With the Hurricane
Camp Cope might no longer be storming the patriarchy with this contemplative collection but they’ve pitched their spot for a bright future regardless Read more »| 23 Mar 2022