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The Scratch - Night Bus or Milk Train CD album

Second album from The Scratch, "Night Bus or Milk Train" is a love lorn tale of jealousy, confusion, chocolate lemonade and needle dicks!

TRACKLIST:

NUMBERS
STRANGE 4PLAY
DIAL XERO
STRANGER
CRITICAL MASS
SISTER PSYCHOSIS
CHOCOLATE LEMONADE
DEAR MANIAC
OUTFAKING THE FAKERS
SMELL THE GAS TAPS
BLISS
UNDERCOVER

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REVIEW:

On the surface, The Scratch could be just another indie band, but once you get past the first three or four tunes on Night Bus Or Milk Train, you realise that something a little bit special is going on here. They come across like a mildly nu-punk version of The Coral, tightly crafted guitar pop music interwoven with the odd synth or sample - not overused in the slightest. 'Stranger' even takes a different course and sounds very Eighties, like Midge Ure with new toys on Christmas. The guitar work is excellent, there are some damn fine riffs on this record and they seem genuinly keen to do something just a little bit different. In every verse you can hear shades of influences ranging from The Libertines to The Human League. The real gems are in the second half of the album, 'Out Faking The Fakers' and 'Smell The Gas Taps' being highlights. It's a fine effort, and one that sounds like things are only just beginning.[is this music]