SCRATCH ACID - Just Keep Eating LP techno

SCRATCH ACID - Just Keep Eating LP techno180gr Born out of the early 1980's Austin noise punk scene, Scratch Acid deliberately eschewed the loud, fast rules of hardcore as everything they didn't want to be and embraced a weirder, artier sound. Prior to the release of their 1984 debut S T EP, someone gave Touch and Go Records owner Corey Rusk a cassette of the recording, and he was instantly a huge fan. Rusk was immediately interested in releasing the EP and contacted the band to express his

the album features hypnotic basslines

the guitar is twisted out of cliché by the unfamiliar tuning and electronic processing

born in Tokyo

whereas Irma needs to be re-composed rather than realised

If Your Mirror Breaks picks up where 27 Passports left off

“so although the music was freely improvised

Funky cactus cover artwork and layout by Sydney conceptual painter Mitch Cairns

Tiaras captures the sentiment of the unadjusted through intricate and sparkling sonic medleys

the label’s first collaboration with Japanese sound artist

groove-based free improv by acclaimed guitarist & composer Jeff Parker's ETA IVtet

from crystal clarity to fuzzy grit: on the beautiful "Your Goodbye"

Fetch The Stick is an infectious record whose compositions are complex but stop short of being impenetrable