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Scrawl refreshes
with effective blend
By Michael Deeds
Senior^Editor_
Scrawl
“Sniallmouth
Rough Trade
Scrawl couldn’t care less whether
they got lumped into the “all-girl”
category or the “all rock” category.
It makes no difference to this Mid
western trio that sounds like the stuff
the Bangles arc afraid to think about,
even in their dreams.
Scrawl are drinkers, thinkers and
m0st of all reactionaries to the pop
sound most women go for in the music
business these days. In a posi-Go Go
world w here Joan Jett has to get a full
facial make over in order to sell al
bums, it is anything but dull to see
good female musicians.strutting their
stuff without commercial, sell-out
attitudes pushed upon them by rec
ord company executives.
Though Scrawl still is quite radio
ready, their third album,
“Smallmouth,” takes nine originals
and one Eury thmics cover and slickly
pushes them slowly down the main
stream throat, ready or not.
Bassist/vocalist Sue Harshc uses
the sweetness of her voice advanta
geously. blending it effectively with
guitarist Marcy Mays in a folk/coun
try honey that oozes richly over the
Sonic Youth-style music. This is post
punk influence being twisted into yet
another form. Mays’ guitar is a clean
distortion at times, an oul-of-tune,
dissonant contrast at others - a Dino
saur Jr. sound check with the fuzzbox
off.
Generally, Scrawl doesn’t move
lar from their favorite and effective
jog-ahead style, rarely experiment
ing with tempo or wide dynamics.
But Marshe s lyrics, though simple,
keep a human interest over the semi
rough tunes.
in opening track, Begin, she
sings of a doubtful affair: “I think it’s
gonc/Hc said go on/Hc says he’s happy/
He’s always happy.”
But her wistfulncss never grows
submissive or stereotypical to any
extent.
In “Charles,” Harshe and Mays
blend effective harmonics in explain
ing a boyfriend w ho gels impatient at
the band's all night practices.
And the list of rather persona! topics
goes on, as the songs continue to play
on.
But although Scrawl never gets
dose to anything worldly mcaning
lul, they still manage to refresh.
Meshing and grinding are tech
niques few bands do effectively, and
few women musicians attempt to break
stereotypes by doing so. Scrawl, though
a little too safe song-wise, effectively
has broken this annoying fallacy that
undoubtedly will haunt bands for a
long time.
Smallmouth” is another link on
ihcir journey to expertise. A little
more time will be interesting if Scrawl
hangs in there for a while.
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