Electric Mourning Blues by The Scrapes
Saturday 20 March 2010
Reviewed by Warwick Smith
If you are an enthusiast of the following, duos, strings, sulking guitar, the crescendo and a connection between music and landscape then you will enjoy the new album Electric Mourning Blues from Brisvegas boys The Scrapes.
The album tour is presented by Sound Travellers, a grant body that sends rather tasty music on a journey across the country, and is stopping in at our lovely lounge room The Front Gallery in April.
The album jangles and scrapes us into works that are wedged somewhere between abrasive and beautiful. Telling elements of perhaps pain, mysteriy and that beautiful thing called sacrifice, if not intentional I picked up on the vibe.
The title track of the album is gold and without seeing it performed live it stands on its own as a recording. The rumbling of a threatening hum and pulse behind epic and emotional violin accompanied by slight instrumental feedback and deep distortion sends you into a contemplative mind set.
The rest of the album is hot in the dark shade, with clean guitar which peaks into natural distortion over a violin that moves up and down like your looping through the hills and down into the valleys, somewhere out in the haunting country side.
Do yourself a favour and come along to the album launch at The Front Gallery Friday 16 April 2010 to see these guys play the tracks and pick up a copy of the album. In support will be JW Sparrow, who's weeping guitar will fit nicely along side the duo of The Scrapes.
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