Scribbler - My Old Lady

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4...according to our Business Lady on Thu 12 Mar, 2009.

Super limited to 300 of which i'm reviewing number 288, 'My Old Lady' is release number two on the awesomely named Stumparumper records by Scribbler. This is a curious little release that is not easy to describe but it's most certainly a bedroom produced effort. Really minimal guitars with hints of reverb and a vocal is pretty much all you get. Sort of slow and country like Daniel Johnson singing a unfinished Neil Young song trying to doing his best impression of the Young falsetto. Sorta makes sense as scribbler are a canadian band. This 7" is so minimal i can barely even make it out. I'm gonna go turn up the stereo....that's better. OK, the second side is a bit more full on yet still sounds like a lo-fi indie rock Neil Young which in my opinion is no bad thing at all. A curious little release for the curious of mind.

6 songs, nearly 13 minutes of music made especially for Scribbler's extensive Canadian tour in March. One side beautiful and moving folk, the other an electrified aural thrashing of your senses. Is it really the same band? This long-playing 7" does an excellent job of evoking the excitement of seeing the band live or at work with a 4-track - the rawness of the music, the snide comments of the audience, and the emotion put forth by the band. One is able to hear the many sides of Scribbler on only 2 sides of wax.

Edition of 300 on black vinyl with hand-silkscreened and numbered jackets and hand-drawn labels. Plus some secret messages scrawled into the wax.

5...according to Nathan Buchanan.

Just what you would expect from a scribbler 7': a mix of Noise, Live tracks and lo-fi acoustic songs. Definitely worth the money.

Rating: 5 out of 5

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