Velvet Hammer

Scrawl | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 19, 1993)
• Original Release Date: November 9, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Simple Machines
• ASIN: B000003M3I
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,755 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite Band, March 28, 2000

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kathy - See all my reviews

This review is from: Velvet Hammer (Audio CD)

I want to write something deserving of Scrawl, but I know I can't. They are amazing. They are True, you know? True with a capital T. Not afraid to show weakness in lyrics which only makes them seem so strong.

ex. "I wake you early. I know you hate mornings. You fall asleep, I cry because you don't love me. You tell me not to call, so I come over instead. You ask me not to drink, so I pass out in a different bed." If you relate to these lyrics at all, and love indieguitarrock, seek this band out.

Pre-riotgrrl, pre-Hole and no recognition. Underdogs of the indie scene, and they are scrappers.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite Band, March 28, 2000

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kathy - See all my reviews

This review is from: Velvet Hammer (Audio CD)

I want to write something deserving of Scrawl, but I know I can't. They are amazing. They are True, you know? True with a capital T. Not afraid to show their failings and frailty in lyrics which only makes them seem so strong.

ex. "I wake you early. I know you hate mornings. You fall asleep, I cry because you don't love me. You tell me not to call, so I come over instead. You ask me not to drink, so I pass out in a different bed." If you relate to these lyrics at all, and love indieguitarrock, seek this band out.

Pre-riotgrrl, pre-Hole and no recognition. Underdogs of the indie scene, and they are scrappers.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have album, February 19, 2002

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Velvet Hammer (Audio CD)

I agree that this is one of the best indierock albums of the 1990s, and that the songwriting is impressive both for its searching, revelatory nature and its understated power. It's full of surprising emotion -- bleak, but beautiful, and infused with more sincere feeling and yearnings than the entire grunge-alt scene could muster in a decade. If you have the chance to get this record, don't hesistate for a second. Marcy Mays was definitely an underrated songwriter.