Nature Film
Released: May 12, 1998
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Released: May 12, 1998
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It was fitting for the bad-luck Scrawl that Nature Film's artwork included the intended street date of "05-12-1998" -- it wasn't released until a week later. Aware of the likelihood that it would...
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Travel On, Rider
Released: Aug 20, 1996
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Released: Aug 20, 1996
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The indie community's knee-jerk negative reaction to finding out about Scrawl's jump to a major was one of puzzlement. The band had been shafted by most of the small-fry outlets that released them...
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Velvet Hammer
Released: Nov 19, 1993
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Released: Nov 19, 1993
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Velvet Hammer is one of the saddest, most heartbreaking records you will ever hear. It's soaked in tears and alcohol, punctuated with bruises and frostbitten fingers. Whether the songs of fractured...
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Simple Machines Working Holiday: January
Released: January 1993
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Released: January 1993
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Simple Machines' monthly Working Holiday singles' series kicks off with arguably its strongest one-two punch -- both sides are superb. Scrawl's powerfully melancholic "11:59 It's January" deftly...
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Your Mother Wants to Know
Released: 1993
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Released: 1993
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This origami-sleeved teaser 7" from the fourth LP Velvet Hammer is Scrawl's debut with new drummer Dana Marshall replacing Carolyn O'Leary (no more all-girl trio, but this guy is great!), and is...
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Travel On, Scrawl
Released: 1996
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Released: 1996
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Travel on, reader, to the cutout bin. Issued in 1996 to promote -- wow, Scrawl was promoted? -- Travel on, Rider in the retail and college radio sectors, the similarly titled Travel on, Scrawl...
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He's Drunk
Released: 1988
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Released: 1988
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Though Scrawl still sounds ragged and tentative in the studio, He's Drunk is much better than their debut, with across-the-board improvement. The band sounds more comfortable with each other and...
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Bloodsucker
Released: 1991
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Released: 1991
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According to the liner notes, the cover drawing which lends Bloodsucker its title is "an artist's rendering; any resemblance to music industry executives is purely coincidental." Recorded in the...
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