Born Shit Stirrers – Scratch N' Sniff LP

Recorded March 2022 by Aaron Lum and Sendai Brian at a rehearsal studio room in Be-Bop Studio, Lum's house and at Brian's house. Mixed by Lum, mastered by Daniel Husayn. Artwork by Satoko Bates, cover photo by Dom Miller. Beer Bottle by Ryan McMahon. Alcoholic Lesbian Vet by Keith Burton & His Beef Curtain.

"Fukuoka, Japan’s most notorious punk troublemakers Born Shit Stirrers are back stirring the shit with a new album, Scratch N’Sniff. With members drawn from the US, UK and Japan, they draw on influences from Screeching Weasel, Schlong and Black Flag, while their music is often compared to the East Bay sound — in particular Lookout! Records, though also with the rough edged grit of the Very Small Records scene. Following on from 2020’s “Lester”, they’re not a band content to stick in just one place, though, and Scratch N’Sniff darts around hyperactively from hook to riff, joke to rant, movie sample to fart sound.

The band’s lyrics range widely too, with the album featuring 26 raucous broadsides slagging off everyone from the leaders of the free world to the snobs and dickheads they meet at the bottom of the music scene gutter, taking in internet porn and 1980s British soap operas along the way. They don’t let themselves off the hook either...  mehr

veröffentlicht am 13. Oktober 2023

Jon - Shit guitar/shit vocals
Roque - Shit vocals/OK screams
Aaron - Shit vocals/OK guitar
Brian - Shit vocals/OK bass
Jun - Shit drums/OK drugs