‘Leaking Drains’ is the brand new single by hectic South London duo Scrounge
aka singing guitarist Lucy and drummer Luke. Their first release since the brilliantly brittle ‘Ideal’ EP from the end of 2019
even by the terse twosome’s normally abrupt standards this tune hurtles by in a covid-sweating
poet-punking panic. Help the raged
indeed.
“This track is designed to be short and sharp
both lyrically and instrumentally
” they pointedly explain. “Living standards and life expectancy have dramatically dropped for the majority of ordinary people in the UK over the last generation or so
and it often feels like we’re at once completely weightless and under extreme pressure – a little like being deep underwater.
“The demonization and punching-down that constitutes most of the mainstream discourse around debt
housing
poverty and precarity in this country only compounds the issue. The anger and absurdity of a track like ‘Leaking Drains’ is driven by this stuff.”
In lieu of any impending live action (although rest assured the duo duly squeezed out a socially distorted Brixton Windmill show late last year in between lockdowns)
Scrounge will be appearing on a laptop near you at the fierce panda SXSW online showcase in March. Furiouser and furiouser…
“Oozing the duo’s epic
swirling wall of sound
Scrounge have blown me away once again
marking themselves out as definite ones to watch.” - Get In Her Ears |
