So Long, Scarecrow

Scarling | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 23, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sympathy 4 the R.I.
• ASIN: B000A6CKW0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (88 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #213,497 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hello London

2. City Noise

3. Broken Record

4. (Northbound On) Cahuenga

5. Teenage Party Letdown

6. Bummer

7. Manorexic

8. In the Pretend World

9. Staped to the Mattress

10. Like a Killer

11. Caribou and Cake

12. We Are the Music Makers

13. So Long, Scarecrow

Editorial Reviews

Alternative Press Jason Pettigrew 2003

"Scarling. sounds like being French kissed by the most beautiful beings in the world, really alluring yet massive stuff."

Product Description

2004 was quite an amazing yet very taxing year for SCARLING. It included the release of their 7-song EP Sweet Heart Dealer, a nomination for the Short List award, an opening spot on the Curiosa Tour, the loss of two band members and many other Joycean moments. SCARLING.'s current line-up is Jessicka, Christian Hejnal, Rickey Lime and new drummer Beth Gordon. The band's new album So Long, Scarecrow is a collection of songs about mutual malaise, self-exploration, melancholy, heart's resilience and general frustration. It is 50 minutes of art-damaged, fuzz-guitars and cough syrup-induced vocals, and is being co-produced by Rob Campenella (BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE).

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Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely brilliant, October 20, 2005

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Eric Harville (Heidelberg, Germany) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: So Long, Scarecrow (Audio CD)

This album was so amazing I couldn't stop listening to it. It has great vocals with amazingly well-played instruments with lyrics to match. My fave song on this album is called "in the pretend world". it always leaves me wanting more from this amazing band. I can't wait to hear what they will do next. Keep up the good work.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So Long, Other Albums, September 1, 2005

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I. Neal (Nottingham, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: So Long, Scarecrow (Audio CD)

After we were left with a beautiful aural bruising in 2004, L.A. based Scarling. could have driven their music many different ways. Every single song on their seven-track debut, Sweet Heart Dealer, left a different impression. It's hard to imagine before listening to So Long, Scarecrow, that Scarling. could create yet another different mark, having left so many already. Nevertheless, each of the thirteen tracks taken from this stunning LP have new emotion and new beauty whilst retaining the depth and texture which makes their sound so original in the first place.

The opening track is the first step at introducing you to a whole new plethora of feeling. Firstly Beth Gordon takes one cannon-fuelled bang on the drum and the two seconds you wait, for the rest of the album to start, with a distant fading of sound seems like a lifetime. Like small children at a sweetshop, you're then dragged in by a multitude of stimuli. Jessicka adds sincere vocals that warm to the heart. The mixture of melodic majesty that pours from the guitars of Christian Hejnal, Derik Snell and Rickey Lime is the kind of music you only wish you could create.

Being able to manage a profusion of sound that resonates music made by My Bloody Valentine and yet having a completely archetypal sound at the same time takes absolute genius. From songs like "Northbound On (Cahuenga)" that create a quiescent atmosphere to the noise-pop "City Noise", it's clear that Scarling. have created a masterpiece. If you've ever wanted to effectuate love, all you need do is hit play.

Accessible chaotic beauty bleeds through your stereo on "Stapled To The Mattress". Every word that splits from Jessicka's lips fractures the valves in your heart.
... "You're naked,
And shaking,
Like a two-bit Judas," ...describes exactly how you feel when you're still only forty-five seconds into the song. This song is an emotional reflection of the album as a whole. It's the perfect picture of a stunning range of talent: lyrically, musically and vocally.

It would be extremely easy to write pages about each song that appears on So Long, Scarecrow but this album has mystery like no other album I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. Perhaps "Sweet Heart Dealer" was an experiment, an idea, a step-between a previous and a present. "So Long, Scarecrow" is evolution, a future and a whole lot more that you're just going to have to not stop listening to ...

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars So Long Scarling (At least, if they continue in this direction..), November 30, 2005

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Ivory Isis "ivoryisis" (Missouri) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: So Long, Scarecrow (Audio CD)

Being a big fan of Jessicka's first musical triumph, Jack Off Jill, I wanted to support her new band. I was pleasantly surprised that Scarling's first songs made me very happy, and eager to hear more, even though I knew the band was supposed to be nothing like Jack Off Jill. There's nothing of the innovative, even plain strange riffs from Jack Off Jill, or from their first album, 'Sweet Heart Dealer' on this CD, though - and it's just not that much fun to listen to. The only song I've really liked on the CD is 'Bummer' because it has a catchy "ba bop ba" chorus, and 'In The Pretend World' and 'Caribou and Cake' are interesting enough, but most of the other songs just plain bore me. I enjoy listening to lyrics, but even the lyrics aren't catchy enough for me to get into, and the music is just very repetitive throughout the CD. One song blends into another, and pretty soon, you find yourself falling asleep. The sounds just aren't original, and I would have been happier if they had carried along in the direction I thought they'd been headed with 'Sweet Heart Dealer.' The CD itself is just plain baby blue with no words whatsoever on it, and it accurately describes what the contents therein.. just plain bland, blah, and boring. I would still recommend 'Sweet Heart Dealer' to anyone interested in supporting Jessicka's newest efforts, or in supporting new bands in general, but I am afraid to recommend this CD to anyone who isn't going to use it for relaxation or for falling asleep to..