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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AlbumsSHHE – THALASSA
As Su Shaw continues to live by and document our bodies of water, on her latest album she has honed her ear for ambient music that is urgent and foregrounded Read more »| 11 May 2026 -
AlbumsMUNA – Dancing on the Wall
MUNA's Dancing on the Wall sees the band swap the sun-soaked confessional catharsis of their last record for something altogether more edgy and tightly wound Read more »| 08 May 2026 -
AlbumsCola – Cost of Living Adjustment
As the Montreal outfit Cola release their third album, the former Ought members are steadfastly standing on their own terms Read more »| 07 May 2026 -
AlbumsLoraine James – Detached From the Rest of You
Loraine James's self-styled "IDM popstar album" finds the London producer confronting imposter syndrome head-on Read more »| 07 May 2026 -
AlbumsLykke Li – The Afterparty
Lykke Li’s sixth album, The Afterparty, is the poppiest the Swede has been since her 2008 debut, Youth Novels Read more »| 05 May 2026 -
AlbumsAldous Harding – Train on the Island
On Train on the Island, Aldous Harding offers up more beautiful, inscrutable tales Read more »| 05 May 2026
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AlbumsConscious Pilot – Human Poultry
While Conscious Pilot choose eclecticism over coherence at times on their debut, at the heart of the record is absurdist humour delivered through a danceable groove Read more »| 04 May 2026 -
AlbumsCarla J. Easton – I Think That I Might Love You
Girl-group expertise and newly-minted guitar skills define this superb fifth record from Glasgow singer-songwriter Carla J. Easton Read more »| 04 May 2026 -
AlbumsAna Roxanne – Poem 1
Ana Roxanne picks up where she left off five years ago, still a beacon of beautifully pure soundscapes Read more »| 01 May 2026 -
AlbumsHekt – Forever
Copenhagen cool mingled with ecstatic EDM seems like an unlikely union, but it's one that Hekt delivers with serious oomph on new album Forever Read more »| 01 May 2026 -
AlbumsKneecap – FENIAN
Kneecap return with super-producer Dan Carey in tow on new album FENIAN – a tetchy, raw and uncompromising record Read more »| 27 Apr 2026 -
AlbumsFriko – Something Worth Waiting For
The second album from Chicago indie rockers Friko is a euphoric, breakneck adventure towards a promised land Read more »| 23 Apr 2026 -
AlbumsMiss Grit – Under My Umbrella
Miss Grit's latest album is an intense and often leftfield collection of songs – and a decisive success for the singular Margaret Sohn Read more »| 20 Apr 2026 -
AlbumsBröntes – Bröntes
On their debut album, Glasgow four-piece Bröntes give us intimate indie-pop with dreamlike harmonies Read more »| 20 Apr 2026 -
AlbumsJessie Ware – Superbloom
On Superbloom, Jessie Ware goes toe-to-toe with the law of diminishing returns Read more »| 17 Apr 2026