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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Kamasi Washington – Fearless Movement
With a tenor saxophone and an endless ambition, musician and bandleader Kamasi Washington returns with what he has called his “dance album” Read more »| 30 Apr 2024 -
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Home Counties – Exactly As It Seems
Exactly As It Seems is a buoyant call to order to join Home Counties on their quest to find light among the gloom and traverse the ups and downs of being in your late twenties with gusto Read more »| 30 Apr 2024 -
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Rachel Chinouriri – What a Devastating Turn of Events
Smartly sequenced and wound by emotional depth, Rachel Chinouriri’s debut is guitar pop from a bygone era Read more »| 29 Apr 2024 -
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St. Vincent – All Born Screaming
Annie Clark still has surprises to offer on St. Vincent's seventh album, the enigmatic and experimental All Born Screaming Read more »| 26 Apr 2024 -
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Justice – Hyperdrama
Justice fuse funk and synthwave with their trademark electronica – the result is intentionally uneven, constantly exciting and extremely dramatic Read more »| 23 Apr 2024 -
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claire rousay – sentiment
Channelling her signature sound into an album of emo-inflected pop songs, sentiment is claire rousay’s most personal work to date Read more »| 15 Apr 2024
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Pillow Queens – Name Your Sorrow
Pillow Queens are still pining after lost loves, but heavy, howling instrumentals and post-production effects make Name Your Sorrow their most emphatic plea so far Read more »| 15 Apr 2024 -
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Nia Archives – Silence Is Loud
Nia Archives’ debut album is densely dedicated to a single feel, through ideas both thick and thin Read more »| 11 Apr 2024 -
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Maggie Rogers – Don't Forget Me
Maggie Rogers' third album Don’t Forget Me is a cumulative stock-take of good times as well as the once secure things that have given way Read more »| 10 Apr 2024 -
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English Teacher – This Could Be Texas
Leeds post-punk outfit English Teacher are top of their class on debut LP This Could Be Texas Read more »| 09 Apr 2024 -
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Shabaka – Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
A collaboration between beings, instruments, melodies and spaces, Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace offers room to listen, reflect and become Read more »| 09 Apr 2024 -
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Still House Plants – If I don't make it, I love u
Still House Plants capture the thrill of their live shows on the magnificent If I don’t make it, I love u Read more »| 08 Apr 2024 -
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Khruangbin – A LA SALA
Listening to Khruangbin turns any grey day into a tropical haven, and A LA SALA is another stellar addition to their blissful repertoire Read more »| 05 Apr 2024 -
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Vampire Weekend – Only God Was Above Us
Fifth album from the hipster kings is a neat summation of where they've been, while still looking forward Read more »| 04 Apr 2024 -
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Adam Wiltzie – Eleven Fugues for Sodium Pentothal
Stars of the Lid's Adam Wiltzie piles high the electronics and strings on his new solo album Read more »| 03 Apr 2024