Track Listing
1. Honey Simple
2. Freakshadow
3. Days Like This
4. Stella
5. Glamourising
6. Cigarettes
7. Girl Through Me
8. Karona Krome
9. All Sideways
10. Thrill Me
11. Sense Of Quickness
12. Given
13. Obviously Midnight
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
Scarce: Chick Graning (vocals, guitar); Joyce Raskin (vocals, bass); Mike Levesque, Joseph Propatier (drums).Producers: Michael Barbiero, Kevin Salem, Chick Graning, Michael Barbiero.Recorded at Dreamland Studios, New York, New York and Pachyderm Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Editorial Reviews
3 Stars - Good - ...veer[s] restlessly between country-tinged folk pop and stomping alterna-rock....[Chick] Graning harmonizes sweetly with bassist Joyce Raskin's sleepy coo. And when Raskin takes the helm on `Summertime,' she sounds as pained and forceful as Courtney Love...Entertainment Weekly (8/9/96, p.58) - ...[Scarce] settle[s] into a loping alterna-twang that more closely recalls late-era X--a groove that the band cuts with verve and polish, if not the greatest degree of originality.- Rating: BQ (9/95, p.119) - 3 Stars - Good - ...short songs rising in excitment, with unusual tunes and no glossy production....snarlingly melodic mysteries...Alternative Press (10/96, p.101) - 4 (out of 5) - ...Scarce's sound is familiar, yet it elicits no worthwhile comparisons, meaning the band come off as pretty original. Simultaneously gritty and catchy...Option (11-12/96, p.127) - ...Graning's rough-around-the-edges vocals add character throughout the disc, while bassist Joyce Raskin's soprano adds a sweeter touch. It's a nice record that unexpectedly grows on you, rock'n'roll that's a bit out of the ordinary...NME (7/8/95, p.49) - 8 (out of 10) - ...You can file it alongside the recent Foo Fighters and Lotion albums as proof that there is still incredible passion and power in the kind of thrashily melodic rock'n'roll disparagingly referred to as `grunge'. Standard Scarce songs are bullet-fast and ragged, melodies splintered by cranky riffs...Melody Maker (8/5/95, p.34) - Recommended - ...If their fluid-spilling gigs and the slow-burn promise of debut EP RED foretold something world-swallowingly fearless, this is it....this might just end up like SURFER ROSA. Bookended with THE BENDS. And we don't hand out these medals often....the pop stands incontestably tall...RIP (10/96, p.71) - 3 (out of 5) - ...Scarce's scabrous combination of early Nirvana and the Beatles means that it packs a punch and you can sing along to it....Don't miss this record...
Rolling Stone (09/19/1996)
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