mattclifton
Oh man. This album just hit me like a loaded freight train. Every song is an absolute belter. Don't ask me for a favorite, each one is more amazing than the last. Scam Avenue cheered up a shit week immensely and this album is playing on repeat. Thanks guys.
Favorite track: Remaining.
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Limited edition of 300. Clear 12” vinyl housed in a gorgeous gatefold jacket featuring band portraits by Ebru Yildiz. Purchase includes unlimited streaming and downloads of ALL of Scam Avenue’s music—the SCAM AVENUE LP, the SAILOR EP, and the MERCURY EP.
Includes unlimited streaming of Scam Avenue
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
After the well-received MERCURY and SAILOR EPs and extensive gigging in NYC, Scam Avenue feels the time is right to present their debut album, SCAM AVENUE.
The culmination of several years of writing, experimentation, and recording, the songs on SCAM AVENUE blend ethereal vocals, interweaving synth textures, and atmospheric guitar washes to immediate and mesmerizing effect.
Producer and principal songwriter Lawrence Kim explains, “I had been in a relationship with someone and it came to an end. That was the inspiration for about half of the songs on the album. In addition, I had already been working on some other songs, which were in various stages of completion. So the album wasn’t conceived as a break-up album, but it could be viewed in that way. Each song can be seen as an expression of some aspect of that central theme.”
The music ranges from the sax-driven electronic moodiness of “Jailbird” to the slashing guitar attack of “Destroyer” (co-written with singer Devery Doleman) to the Bacharach-esque album closer “Echo”.
Devery also wrote lyrics for opening track “Fevers Fade,” which sounds like what might happen if Yoko Ono met Philip Glass on the dancefloor.
Latest single “Tides” began life as an instrumental by drummer Nate Smith to which Lawrence added a vocal melody and lyrics. An atmospheric intro gives way to a four-on-the-floor beat perfect for dancing and crying to at the same time.
The album jacket features a photo of an interference pattern generated by two energy sources. “I thought it was a good metaphor for what happens when two people meet—the effect they can have on each other. Also, it’s a beautiful image,” says Lawrence.
credits
released October 6, 2021
ALBUM CREDITS
Produced by Lawrence Kim
DEVERY DOLEMAN – Lead vocals, backing vocals on “Destroyer” and “Echo”
LAWRENCE KIM – Guitars, synthesizers, lead vocals on “Destroyer” and “Echo”
JULIE ROZANSKY – Bass guitar, backing vocals
NATE SMITH – Drums
Stephen Chen – Saxophones on “Jailbird”
Recorded at LKS and Gödelstring, New York, Summer/Fall 2018
Engineered by Lawrence Kim and Joel Hamburger
Mixed by Lawrence Kim
Mastered by Heba Kadry
Vinyl mastering by Carl Rowatti - Trutone Mastering Labs
All songs by Kim except “Fevers Fade” and “Destroyer” (Kim/Doleman); “Tides” (Smith/Kim)
A lush, soulful, dreamy electro-pop banger, new from the Melbourne group who will release their long-overdue debut LP this year. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 11, 2018
Opener absolutely rips. Falls into the ranks of tracks like “Dance” by ESG, “Eisbaer” by Grauzone, “Damaged Goods” by Gang of Four or like the album description says Kleenex. This is some really good stuff. Favorite song is the opener but dedicate “Blue” to my friend Blue who lost her life at 22, she would have loved this album. TheBloodofChrist