PON071 (RELEASE DATE 10.10.10)

The Scratch - DIY album Ltd edition CD re-issue, download



TRACK LIST:
I RELAX TO SPIRAL SCRATCH
ROTTEN SOUL
TEXTURE TO THE FLAVA
BRAINSTORM
X-RAY EYES
TRIGGER FINGER
BACK 210
ALCOHOL'S A DEPRESSANT
SUPERMODEL
EROTOMANIAC
LOGICAL MIND


REVIEW:
The Scratch, as the title of the record suggests, got tired of waiting for the music industry to give them a chance and have decided to make their own way. The fact that they’ve achieved such a diverse yet coherent set of songs is to be applauded.
[www.whisperinandhollerin.co.uk]

PON069

The Scratch - I Relax to Spiral Scratch/Trigger Finger Ltd edition 7" single, download


TRACK LIST:
I RELAX TO SPIRAL SCRATCH
TRIGGER FINGER


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REVIEW:
‘I Relax To Spiral Scratch’ - a gloriously dumb 3 minute kamikaze dive bomb of a tune. Like the Ramones and the Damned working through the Buzzcocks (well it would be with a title like that) song book on speed complete with outer space sound effects for good measure. It should be all too much but against the odds it works. B side ‘Trigger Finger’ is a spiky, shouty, trashy piece of work with howling guitars and a great spoken run through of some of Londons lowlights.
whisperinandhollerin.co.uk

PON064

The Scratch - X-Ray Eyes/Brainstorm Ltd edition 10" single, download

TRACK LIST:
X-RAY EYES
BRAINSTORM

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REVIEW:
X-Ray Eyes/Brainstorm by England’s The Scratch is one of the most pocket-picking white guy post-punk dub dance whatsis slabs since The Pop Group’s “She Is Beyond Good And Evil”. And, yeah, it lacks some of that record’s massiveness. but the sputzy way these clowns pile grooves together on “X-Ray Eyes”, then tangle them with Beefhearty guitar slides, and strange post-glam vocals, is pretty goddamn snappy. Single review in The Wire magazine