Scars - Author! Author! E.P.

Name: Scars
Album: Author! Author
Year: 1981
Style: Post Punk, New Wave
Similar Bands: Gang of Four, The Jam, Haircut 100
"One-Word" Review: Soundscape inspired Post Punk
Based Out Of: Edinburgh, Scotland
Label: Stiff Records

Cover, Record

Back, Record

Author! Author! E.P. (1981)

1. All About You 3:59
2. Leave Me in the Autumn 2:48 /
3. Author! Author! 2:52
4. She's Alive 2:57 

Album Rating (1-10): 9.0

Members & Other Bands:

• Robert Blamire - Producer (Penetration)
• Steve McLaughlin - Drums (Cubs, Jimmy Cliff, Badly Drawn Boy, Ilan Eshkeri)
• John Mackie - Bass (Bitter Moon)
• Paul Research (Mackie) - Lead Guitar (Heavy Drapes, VoiceX)
• Robert King - Vox (Opium Kitchen, Groucho Handjob, Lip Machine)
• Laurence Diana - Engineer
• Pete Anderson - Photo
• Rocking Russian - Cover Design

Unknown-ness: Never heard of them. The cover artwork makes me think of a punk version of Los Lobos. It also kinda reminds me of the artwork of the Hoodoo Gurus, so maybe it will be more conceptual rock than angsty punk. Either way, Stiff Records bodes well for the sound.

Album Review: This EP is an extension of their only album by the same name, Author! Author!. They were part of the literary art-punk scene in Edinburgh. They did a reunion show in 2010, and have a 2015 documentary called Big Gold Dream about them. The style of the single, "All About You," which was written in the studio to be a single, is soundscape, new romantic post punk. "Leave Me in Autumn" is like a combo of Duran Duran and Gang of Four. "She's Alive" is driving, bouncy, Clash like post punk.

Stand Out Track:She's Alive

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