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The title defines Scout and her music well. Calcination are the ashes left over after burning metal. Here the guitar work is stark and harrowing. The vocals are stark and harrowing. The lyrics are stark and harrowing and...honest in a most stripped down, most exposed raw soul baring possible. It is gripping and searing. Scout working with Steve Albini for the second time here raises her art to a new height. Albini has stripped her minimalism down to its most minimal and in the process has raised the emotional impact of the work to a new level. Cherry Cheek Bomb, track fives sonic ragged guitar intro brings you into slow burn of the bomb wick. Stark and dark. Track two, The Calcination of Scout Niblett is soul baring torture. Scout lays her soul bare. Her personal agony on display. Her guitar jangling undertone with harsh drumbeat. Brilliant and scorching. Faint of heart need not enter. Niblett hailing from Nottingham England has conjured up a drum, guitar and vocal spell giving you an honest intimacy with her darkest of thoughts and emotions. This work is being met with wide acclaim and is worth the effort.
The Calcination of Scout Niblett was released on January 2th, 2010 on the Drag City label.
Website: http://www.scoutniblett.com/
Heres where you can catch her live in the next while:
16 Mar 2010 Casa del Popolo Montreal, Quebec
17 Mar 2010 Horseshoe Tavern w/ Picastro Toronto, Ontario
18 Mar 2010 larger house Detroit, Michigan
19 Mar 2010 Schubas Tavern w/ Picastro Chicago, Illinois
20 Mar 2010 frequency Madison, Wisconsin
21 Mar 2010 turf club St. Paul, Minnesota
23 Mar 2010 hi dive club Denver, Colorado
24 Mar 2010 urban lounge Salt Lake City, Utah
25 Mar 2010 Neurolux w/ Xiu Xiu Boise, Idaho
26 Mar 2010 Berbatis Pan w/ Holy Sons Portland, Oregon
27 Mar 2010 Sunset Tavern w/ Holy Sons Seattle, Washington
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