Vertical Scratchers are hopping in the van and coming to a town near you next month! Their debut album Daughter of Everything will be in stores on February 25.
Vertical Scratchers is John Schmersal (ex-Brainiac/Enon, live Caribou, and Crooks on Tape) and Christian Beaulieu (ex-Triclops!/Anywhere).
Simplicity was the inspiration: get in the van, rehearse in the van, tour in the van, stay mobile. “I have played in a lot of bands with complicated set-ups and implemented technologies,” says John. “I also do a lot of recording and editing on computers, so part of the desire for simplicity was about wanting things to be as organic and in real time as possible.” This impulse to keep things moving is reflected in the songs themselves.
Most Vertical Scratchers songs clock in under the two-minute mark but often go in twice as many directions as your average-length song. Pop deception. Think the Kinks with a Buzzcocks brevity.
Listen & share "Memory Shards" from Daughter of Everything and watch "Scratching the Surface with John Schmersal (Vertical Scratchers) and Jim Putnam (Radar Brothers)"now at YouTube.
Vertical Scratchers are hopping in the van and coming to a town near you next month! Their debut album Daughter of Everything will be in stores on February 25.
Vertical Scratchers is John Schmersal (ex-Brainiac/Enon, live Caribou, and Crooks on Tape) and Christian Beaulieu (ex-Triclops!/Anywhere).
Simplicity was the inspiration: get in the van, rehearse in the van, tour in the van, stay mobile. “I have played in a lot of bands with complicated set-ups and implemented technologies,” says John. “I also do a lot of recording and editing on computers, so part of the desire for simplicity was about wanting things to be as organic and in real time as possible.” This impulse to keep things moving is reflected in the songs themselves.
Most Vertical Scratchers songs clock in under the two-minute mark but often go in twice as many directions as your average-length song. Pop deception. Think the Kinks with a Buzzcocks brevity.
Listen & share "Memory Shards" from Daughter of Everything and watch "Scratching the Surface with John Schmersal (Vertical Scratchers) and Jim Putnam (Radar Brothers)"now at YouTube.
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