Scratch Acid "Self-Titled EP / Berserker" (2025 Reissue) RSD Essential 2025-04-30 In that vein

In that vein

Rich Costey (Death Cab for Cutie

Wall establishes his voice from the start

taken with a deftness of touch

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Scratch Acid "Self-Titled EP / Berserker" (2025 Reissue) RSD Essential 2025-04-30 In that veinReissue of both of Scratch Acid's EPs S T EP (1984) and Berserker (1987) remastered by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Service from the original analog tapes. Born out of the early 1980's Austin noise punk scene, Scratch Acid deliberately eschewed the loud, fast rules of hardcore as everything they didn't want to be and embraced a weirder, artier sound. Prior to the release of their 1984 debut S T EP, someone gave Touch and Go Records owner Corey Rusk