Scratch Acid - Scratch Acid [Boxset - Clear]

Release Date: March 14, 2025
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. The band’s eventual permanent line-up consisted of David Yow on vocals, Brett Bradford on guitar, David Wm. Sims on bass, and Rey Washam on drums. During their brief existence from 1982 to 1987, the band released 3 records, including a full-length album (Just Keep Eating) and two EPs (S/T EP, Berserker). Limited to 2000 sets worldwide and remastered by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Service, the Scratch Acid Box Set set includes 180-gram clear LP pressings of all three releases as well as a 24-page booklet featuring exclusive behind-the-scenes photos, liner notes by David Yow, Brett Bradford, and photographer/journalist Pat Blashill, as well as full-color paintings by contemporary artist Mark Todd from the same era as the cover art for the S/T EP and Berserker releases. In addition, this limited Scratch Acid box set includes an exclusive clear vinyl 7” with both tracks the band contributed to the 1986 Touch and Go Records compilation, God’s Favorite Dog. The 7-inch includes cover art by Mark Todd as well.

Tracklist

1. Cannibal
2. Greatest Gift
3. Monsters
4. Owner's Lament
5. She Said
6. Mess
7. El Espectro
8. Lay Screaming
9. Crazy Dan
10. Eyeball
11. Big Bone Lick
12. Unlike A Baptist
13. Damned For All Time
14. Ain't That Love?
15. Holes
16. Albino Slug
17. Spit A Kiss
18. Amicus
19. Cheese Plug
20. Mary Had A Little Drug Problem
21. For Crying Out Loud
22. Moron's Moron
23. Skin Drips
24. This Is Bliss
25. Flying Houses
26. Holes
27. The Final Kiss