ARTIST: Scanners
TITLE: Violence is Golden
LABEL: Dim Mak Records
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 208kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 39m total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-06-06
RIP DATE: 2006-06-06
Track List
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1. Joy 3:58
2. Lowlife 4:02
3. In My Dreams 4:14
4. Changing Times 5:09
5. Bombs 3:05
6. Air 164 2:26
7. Evil Twin 3:23
8. Raw 2:14
9. High Flier 2:24
10. Look What You Started 4:10
11. Violence Is Golden 4:25
Release Notes:
http://www.scannersmusic.com/
http://www.dimmak.com/
Scanners is a London-based rock outfit formed roughly two and half years ago by
Matt (guitar, vocals, synths) and Sarah (vocals, bass, violin). Before expanding
to its current four person lineup, the band consisted solely of the two
musicians, a drum machine and various synths. Humble beginnings, sure, but Mat
and Sarah realized this. Amina (guitar, keys, bvs), a regular Scanners gig-goer,
eventually joined the group. Finally, the band line-up was complete with the
addition of Tom (drums), who had left the countryside to seek his fortune in
London, but instead found Scanners.
Over the next year, Scanners took to the road, opening for bands such as The
Wedding Present, The Fever, Electric Six and actress-turned-rocker Juliette
Lewis' band, Juliette & The Licks. During this time, the band honed a sound that
is equally informed by Terry Gilliam and Prince, David Lynch and Doris Day, as
cinematic as it is fun. "In the confines of the band van, we spent a lot of time
together," Mat says. "And we actually managed not to kill each other, which is
usually a good sign. But we were also developing, and becoming the dynamic and
exciting musical unit that we are today. Yes, indeed."
Not yet six feet under, but also growing bored waiting for someone to drop a fat
pile of cash into their laps, Scanners had a fortuitous run-in with Dim Mak head
honcho, Steve Aoki, who was in London and managed to make it to one of the
band's rehearsals. "A few drinks and a vegetarian meal later, we realized if he
wasn't the head of a company, we would have asked him to join the band," Mat
says. Things as they were though, the band and Aoki's label decided to put out a
record together.
Violence is Golden is the release in question, due out June 6, 2006 on Dim Mak.
This is dramatic and oftentimes sexy music, the kind of record you can curl up
with to commiserate over a bad night, but the kind that will also be ready to
party once the weekend hits again.
"I know you're not ready to live/ Are you ready to die?" Sarah sings on "Low
Life," before intoning later in the song, "This is a lonely time." Epitomizing
what it is to be a young person in this day and age, Scanners know that
sometimes life sucks, but you have to keep moving. After all, there are
invigorating records like Violence is Golden out there, and if you sleep on
them, you'll be sorely disappointed later.