Scratch or Stitch

by Melt-Banana

Scratch or Stitch cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 21 May 1996
  • Label: Skin Graft
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 31:13
  • Community rating: 3.48/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: K.K. Null, Sudoh Toshiaki, Agata, Yasuko Onuki, Rika Mm'

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Produced largely by Steve Albini, the record perfectly captures the hyperactive, blistering intensity of the Tokyo ensemble. Yasuko Onuki's piercing, staccato vocal style clashes fiercely with Agata's heavily processed, erratic guitar noise. The frantic sequencing of extremely short, chaotic tracks made it a landmark release in the global noisecore and avant-punk communities.

Genres

Descriptors: dissonant, noisy, fast, abrasive, relentless, technical

Tracklist

  1. Plot In A Pot (1:19)
  2. Scratch Or Stitch! (1:02)
  3. Sick Zip Everywhere (1:51)
  4. Disposable Weathercock (1:43)
  5. Ten Dollars A Pile (0:59)
  6. Ketchup Mess (1:27)
  7. Buzzer #P (1:46)
  8. Rough Dogs Have Bumps (1:49)
  9. Iquana In Trouble (2:21)
  10. It's In The Pillcase (1:30)
  11. Test: Ground 1 (0:30)
  12. Zoo, No Vacancy (0:15)
  13. A Finger To Hackle (0:22)
  14. Type B For Me (0:09)
  15. His Name Is Mickey (At Last She Got Him...) (0:21)
  16. Back To The Womb (2:46)
  17. I Hate It! (0:58)
  18. What Do You Slaughter Next? (1:42)
  19. Eye-Q Trader (1:48)
  20. Dig Out! (2:23)
  21. Contortion Out Of Confusion (1:39)
  22. Pigeons On My Eyes (Go To Bed!) (2:33)

Credits

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