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Scarce
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Wednesday Oct 21, 2009 (11:30pm)
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- Price
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$10
Scarce released their major label debut, Deadsexy, on A&M Records in 1996 in followup to a domestic & international indie release, great press (they garnered a 3.5 star review in Rolling Stone) & extensive touring in the UK & US, culminating with an opening slot on Hole's '96 tour.
Scarce was poised for a national breakthrough in the late 90's when the lead singer sustained a brain injury a week before Deadsexy was to be released. The release of the album was postponed, and Graning then spent the next nine months re-learning how to walk, how to talk, and then how to play his guitar and sing his songs. After his injury, however Graning found that he and Raskin had drifted apart both musically and emotionally, and, shortly after the US release of Deadsexy the band broke up. Bassist Joyce Raskin wrote ACHING TO BE, a book about the experience that resulted in the band re-forming and playing their first-and sold out show in 11 years in Boston in the fall of ‘07.
“NO ONE LIKES YOU”, a 5-song EP featuring “Stupid In A Cup” is slated for an OCT 2009 release & will coincide with a documentary on the band. The band will be performing at Pop Montreal, the UK, & select US cities throughout the fall in shows that will combine screening the documentary & a live band performance.
"Tattoos And Parades", Scarce's first reunion recording, was released in OCT of 2008; highlights include the melodically surrealistic pop waltz "Imagining It" and "Dust", a moving and jarring eulogy to their friend and highly regarded guitarist/songwriter Chris Whitely. They followed this release with a fall ‘08 European tour opening for Heather Nova & a headlining show in London.
