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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AlbumsGirl Ray – Girl
Girl Ray add new dimensions to their sound, bringing bright synths and snappy beats into the mix Read more »| 04 Nov 2019 -
AlbumsVetiver – Up On High
Up On High sees Vetiver make the best album of their career, and just about the sweetest Sunday morning record you’ve ever heard Read more »| 04 Nov 2019 -
AlbumsOmni – Networker
Omni polish their post-punk sound for their first album on Sub Pop – the result is a record packed with fidgety mini-epics Read more »| 01 Nov 2019 -
AlbumsTurnover – Altogether
Turnover's new record features some of the same songwriting gems they've become known for Read more »| 01 Nov 2019 -
AlbumsCigarettes After Sex – Cry
On Cry, Cigarettes After Sex become increasingly more intimate and the perfect soundtrack to slow dance to Read more »| 30 Oct 2019 -
AlbumsBossy Love – Me + U
Glasgow duo Bossy Love's debut album is a glossy pop stomp featuring some of 2019's most infectious jams Read more »| 28 Oct 2019
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AlbumsThe Vegan Leather – Poor Girls / Broken Boys
Paisley pop royalty unleash a splash of much-needed energy into Scotland's indie scene with their debut album, Poor Girls / Broken Boys Read more »| 23 Oct 2019 -
AlbumsFoals – Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2
Six months on from the first instalment, Oxford's finest hold up a cracked black mirror to Part 1 – and make a stirring argument for the double album in the process Read more »| 18 Oct 2019 -
AlbumsClipping – There Existed an Addiction to Blood
Between the striking imagery, lyrical dexterity, rap chops and epic production, it takes multiple listens to get to the heart of this record, each one well worth your time Read more »| 17 Oct 2019 -
AlbumsCommon Holly – When I Say To You Black Lightning
The second record from Montreal-based songwriter Brigitte Naggar and company is an inventive, endearing, restless and powerfully tender voyage Read more »| 16 Oct 2019 -
AlbumsFloating Points – Crush
Crush is some of the most tightly-constructed and dense work Floating Points has ever released Read more »| 14 Oct 2019 -
AlbumsVagabon – Vagabon
Stripped back and rich, Vagabon's genre-spanning second album is an incandescent and undefinable triumph Read more »| 14 Oct 2019 -
AlbumsDeclan Welsh and the Decadent West – Cheaply Bought, Expensively Sold
Declan Welsh's debut digs into city life in a way reminiscent of Mike Skinner or Alex Turner Read more »| 14 Oct 2019 -
AlbumsAnna Meredith – FIBS
Anna Meredith's new record is a maximal and intricate album that blurs boundaries between the organic and electronic Read more »| 14 Oct 2019 -
AlbumsSHHE – SHHE
The sparse arrangements on Su Shaw's debut album as SHHE evoke intimate moods and lingering questions Read more »| 10 Oct 2019