Scratch Acid - The Greatest Gift (Discography)

Yeah, I know, this was released some time before this year, in fact I'm taking a break from this best of the year shit. If that annoys you, you're quite sad really.

Scratch Acid would later on become The Jesus Lizard, they were in many ways similar except Scratch Acid were more basic, disjointed and as impossible as it may seem, more disturbed. Yow's vocals were even less concerned with melody and more wrapped around the idea of scaring the shit out of their listeners. The random scream on "She Said" really caught me off guard the first time I heard it. His ability to go from his barely coherent low rambles to a scream of pure dementia is always simultaneously a joy and mind fuck to listen to. This is always backed up with some of the darkest yet surprisingly funky bass lines ever to appear on a noise record like this.

The Greatest Gift is basically a collection of their ep's and 7's, put together and distributed for us all to enjoy. Any other releases from this band are nigh on impossible to find so if you want any Scratch Acid on disk or wax, this is all you'll be able to get your hands on without spending hours on ebay or whatever, before paying a ridiculous amount for it. You can get this collection on amazon for about £5 so grab this baby up.

She Said
Lay Screaming

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