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Scam Avenue

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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.

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1.
Fevers Fade 04:20
2.
To the Quick 03:26
3.
Destroyer 06:19
4.
Jailbird 04:03
5.
Tides 03:40
by Smith/Kim © 2018 HTIMSETAN (ASCAP) and Half-Remembered Songs (ASCAP)
6.
Remaining 04:48
7.
The Bells 03:58
8.
9.
Echo 04:10

about

THE DEBUT ALBUM FROM SCAM AVENUE

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)

All songs © 2018 Half-Remembered Songs (ASCAP) except:
“Fevers Fade” and “Destroyer” © 2018 Half-Remembered Songs (ASCAP) and Inviolable Voice (ASCAP)
“Tides” © 2018 HTIMSETAN (ASCAP) and Half-Remembered Songs (ASCAP)

Cover photo © 2004 Richard Megna – Fundamental Photographs, NYC
Band photos © 2019 Ebru Yildiz
Jacket and record design by Lawrence Kim

© 2021 Scam Avenue. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction, copying, lending, hiring,
broadcasting, and public performance is prohibited.

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DEBUT ALBUM AND NEW SINGLE OUT NOW! If Brian Eno wrote the soundtrack for a John Hughes movie, it might sound like Scam Avenue.

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