Scaterd-few is an interesting band. They actually formed in 1983 and recorded a demo that year with Terry Scott Taylor as producer. That demo never made its way out but we do get to hear some of the cuts on their 1991 “Out Of The Attic” album. They broke up in 1985 but reformed in 1989 and got together with Terry again for this album. The band eventually put out a total of 5 albums which given the controversy that surrounded them is pretty good. I’ll cover those controversies in future album reviews. The controversy of this album is that some said it was Rastafarian and not traditional Christian. This caused distributor Zondervan to drop the album. I listened to this album and I don’t think it spouts Rastafarian beliefs but on the other hand I don’t care, I’m here for the music. As for the album it has that angry punk feel on many tracks but some tracks are more structured and resemble a commercially viable song. There are a few tracks that have a Reggae feel which may have caused this whole silly Rastafarian thing. As I said it was produced by Terry Scott Taylor and personally I can feel and occasionally hear his influence but I could just be reading into the album. Anyway when people talk about 90’s Christian punk this album is often their number one or two favourite.
Tracklist
1 – Kill The Sarx – 1:26
2 – While Reprobate – 1:41
3 – Beggar – 2:22
4 – Lights Out – 2:51
5 – Later (LA 1989) – 3:37
6 – Groovey – 2:56
7 – Glass God (No Freedom In Basing) – 2:08
8 – As The Story Grows – 1:28
9 – U – 1:53
10 – A Freedom Cry – 2:30
11 – Scapegoat – 1:17
12 – Wonder Why – 1:36
13 – DITC – 1:09
14 – Self – 1:13
15 – Look Into My Side – 4:09
16 – Kill The Sarx II (Apocalypse) – 7:05
Credits
Art Direction – Ed McTaggart
Backing Vocals [Additional BGVs] – Jav
Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals – Omar Domkus
Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Samuel West
Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals – Jamie Mitchell
Vocals [Vox], Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion – Rämald Domkus
Graphics – Drewzig
Guitar [Additional Guitars] – Ed Lover, Greg Flesch, Greg Lawless, Tools
Layout – Joe Potter
Mastered By – John Matousek
Photography By – David Dobson
Photography By [Cover Photo By] – Drew Domkus
Producer [Produced By] – Rämald Domkus, Terry Taylor
Producer [Produced With] – Omar Domkus
Recorded By – Gene Eugene
Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Alarma Records
Copyright © – Alarma Records
Distributed By – The Benson Company
Recorded At – The Mixing Lab
Mixed At – The Mixing Lab
Overdubbed At – Mixing Lab B
Mastered At – Soundworks West
Published By – Broken Songs
Glass Mastered At – Nimbus, Virginia
