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Apr 1, 2014Skaters' knack for writing infectious melodies often offsets their enthusiasm, so although Manhattan is an uneven record, its bright spots still have capacity to shine like Times Square.
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Q MagazineMar 18, 2014There's a definite vim here; all they need to do now is to add in a little more of their own DNA. [Apr 2014, p.119]
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Feb 25, 2014Manhattan would thus far be a brilliantly joyous record, buzzing with intention and vitality. Unfortunately there are a pair of oddball transgressions that ruin this.
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Feb 24, 2014After three tracks of fast-paced garage rock, Band Breaker wrongfoots us with a lolling dub rhythm.
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MojoFeb 21, 2014Just as you're thinking "so far, so generic," they wrong-foot you, as their debut album starts to incorporate seemingly random elements of knock-kneed white reggae, snotty hardcore punk and snatched bar conversations. [Mar 2014, p.94]
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Feb 28, 2014Perhaps there is true value in capturing the shallow, empty soul of being young (and rich) in New York as succinctly as possible. This is not to suggest that there aren’t moments of genuine inspiration sprinkled throughout.
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Feb 27, 2014Each of the 11 songs here are positioned at some point in an endless cycle of going out, scoping girls, getting drunk, making out, passing out, and “waking up in [your] clothes.” But for Skaters, such scenes are apparently so routine that they often sound disinterested in their own debauchery.
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Feb 21, 2014It is churlish to dismiss a band after one record, however: there is potential here for so much more. This record, however, is the most irritating one you will have heard in a while.