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    HM Magazine #72/Scaterd Few
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    Scaterd Few

    Grandmother's Spaceship

    (1998)

    Reviewed by Doug Van Pelt

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    Label Jackson Rubio RecordingsHM Magazine #72July 1998
    art rockhardcore punkpunkreggae

    When I heard that this release was hyped to be of the caliber of Sin Disease... And considering we were dealing with a new behind vocalist Allan Aguirre, I was skeptical and ready to nail the hypsters to the wall. But, being more a fan of good music than some sort of cosmic musical judge, I was happy to find some brilliant wailings supported by capable playing. Scaterd Few shoots . . . and scores! I would rather pull Grandmother's Spaceship and Sin Disease off the CD shelf for personal airplay over Jawboneofanass and Out Of The Attic any day! In my opinion, this is Allan's strongest material since 1991. As long as the sonics sound better than this Normal Bias pre-release I was sent, we have one hot punk album here.

    Other coverage for this album

    7ball #20Reviewed by Derek WalkerWith the recent advent of Christian punk rock in the past five years, it's only fitting the members of Scaterd Few find the time ripe for a comeback. Led by enigmatic frontman Allan Aguirre, SF saw their debut release Sin Disease change the world of what some call "Christian alternative rock." They, along with such pioneering bands as Nobody Special and The Crucified, brought this strange style…The Lighthouse Unsorted 1998Reviewed by Alex KlagesAllan Aguirre, and his recently re-formed band, Scaterd Few, have come up with a breathtakingly artful album of loud music. Musical styles on the album range from hardcore to punk to reggae to progressive rock. This disparate collection of styles makes it hard to pin down exactly how to classify their overall musical attack, in the same way as labelmates Havalina Rail Company are hard to…The Phantom Tollbooth 1997Reviewed by Matt AtkinsonGrandmother's Spaceship is the latest storybook of hope and anguish offered by Scaterd Few. It completes the band's gradual metamorphosis from the spraypaint-and-dirt street punk of Sin Disease to the slick-and-loud excesses of Jawboneofanass to the polished but uncompromised punk of today. Spaceship allows the band to expand their sound with new tricks and production...but a vocoder? And…

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