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Nature Film

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This band finds its rightful place at the top of my long and illustrious list of totally underappreciated bands. Highly literate stuff that couples its emotional menace with an almost serenely informed knack for creating taut, swimmingly melodic post-punk gems.

The PIL cover on this record is perhaps my favorite song of the year next to The Roots "Double Trouble" song.

Like everything else in their sterling catalogue, this record is worth treasuring.

Not everyone is lucky enough to have copies of Scrawl's back catalog, so they decided to re-record a few of their favorites, throw in some new tunes and a PIL cover and call it Nature Film. With cleaner production and still-great songwriting this is one of the most enjoyable Scrawl (or any band, for that matter) records I've ever heard. Not part of any "riotgrrls" movement, Scrawl is just a unique, wonderful band and I'm glad they're around.

Why has this band been forgotten? Why are they left to rot in amazon back catalogue space? Bands like the afghan whigs (they covered one song off this disc pick it up to figure out which one it is) have these girls as inspiration. Should i say gurrls, you get the idea. Where are u now? Nature film does for greatest hits albums as Nevermind (by nirvana) did to rock albums. Here we see the band be (i hate the label and all that goes with it but ...) grunge before the label existed. We see them be hardcore before hardcore was more then a type. They rock. They rule all. Pacific north westerners who have played all dives and bars that one should ever have to play they remain unknown. I cry for them. I saw them live with the second drummer. My heart wonders why more people don't know who the are. Most of the stuff they released is out of print by this if you can. This is one of the best best of albums released before 2000. There will never be another band who has the chops, or the history of these. When u hear these songs just sing along and say goodbye.

Scrawl's music breaks your heart and rocks at the same time - how rare. I love Nature Film and the excellent Travel on Rider. This band's schtick is really complex, it's not just RAWK, and it's not really riotgrrl either. It's some ineffable combination of harmony and grit; Nature Film is the real deal ya'll.

We like January, and Charles, and Standing Around; perfect poignant songs; superb melodies that "haunt" one's mind, all with great meanings. Why aren't these given air time?Lyn and Elfie from Germany

If Marcy Mays gives up on punk rock, a love of silver boots, and motorcycle t-shirts, then I'm giving up on them too. A spunky, raucous, tender, playful, mean, and lovely album. Like a night smoking Lucky Strikes followed by the morning after a night of smoking Lucky Strikes. Euphoria and regret, lialacs in the dead land, and stuff.

It's better than Jewel or that chick who whines about being naked on the floor. Nature Film shows how Scrawl has really matured as a band, but lacks a little of the energy and desperation of their previous albums.