the Scratch - DIY - CD (2010)

Labels: Ponyland Records
Review by: Chaz Hewitt

The Scratch are a “œserious band who don’t take things too seriously”. Who writes these fucking press releases.

This album was originally released in 2003, and some madman has had the worrying idea of re-releasing it.

This is some guys who obviously grew up listening to stuff like the Buzzcocks and Richard Hell, but got horrendously lost along the way somewhere. The shitty glam-esque vocals make it sound like the Dirty Pretty Things or something similarly mundane. The lyrics I can be bothered to listen to are total arse, and are probably about being a rock star in a rock band.

Harrowingly terrible.