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Scratch It

U.S. Girls

Scratch It

Ninth solo album of dark baroque pop from Toronto-born Meghan Remy

ADM rating[?]

7.5

Label
4AD
UK Release date
20/06/2025
US Release date
20/06/2025
  1. 9.0 |   Clash

    As ‘Scratch It’ closes with the squelchy, delirious, biting funk of ‘No Fruit’, the only thing left to ponder is whether there’s ever been a more complete or concise U.S. Girls record
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  2. 9.0 |   Uncut

    With echoes of Rickie Lee Jones and Gram Parsons at times, it all feels deceptively effortless. Print edition only

  3. 8.2 |   Beats Per Minute

    Though Scratch It is more low-key than one has come to expect of U.S. Girls as of late, it is undeniably a commanding statement that feels like a musical victory lap
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  4. 8.0 |   Under The Radar

    While Scratch It lives up to its aged influences, Remy gives these nine tracks an undeniable immediacy, both with her singing and lyricism — which are eerily left of field — along with her spot-on taste in backing musicians and homage-motif
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  5. 8.0 |   Pitchfork

    On her most immediate and accessible album yet, Meg Remy trades the ’80s electro-funk of Bless This Mess for ’60s country tinged with Nashville and Vegas, embracing all her contradictions with gusto
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  6. 8.0 |   Northern Transmissions

    Artists in the past have done some wild turnabouts on their audience. Releasing something that seemingly stands out as such stark opposition to what we know and love them for. On your initial listen to the new US Girls album you may have that feeling
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  7. 8.0 |   Mojo

    It sounds so authentically mid-to-late 1960s that Dear Patti - a song about missing an opportunity to play on the same festival bill as Smith - could almost be a lightly warped vinyl pressing from the era. Print edition only

  8. 7.5 |   Spectrum Culture

    girlsOn her ninth album as U.S. Girls, Meghan Remy grapples with and ultimately endorses a philosophy of self-preservation and space as power against the battles she’s been waging for over a decade
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  9. 6.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Musically Scratch It will probably be the least memorable in U.S Girls’ discography and aside from ‘Like James Said’ and ‘Bookends‘, the relatively thrill-less album does sort of fly by unnoticeably, made worse by the weak closing track No Fruit
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  10. 5.0 |   Far Out

    Even though the move to go more organic and cast off computer creation is noble, it lacks a certain sparkle or a certain exciting fizz
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