The filmmakers don’t seem to put too much effort into explaining things. Are we seeing the past, the present or the future? Or is it none of these at all? It might be what is happening in the comic coming to life or it might be something else entirely, I was never quite sure.

For the most part Scrawl is a confusing mess of a movie. Only Scrawl takes this idea and adds what feels like a million more ideas, blends them all together and then throws them about the place in whichever order they might appear. Not a particularly original story but not a poor one either. The basic concept here is that a teenage boy discovers that stuff he writes and has drawn down in his comic book starts to actually happen in real life. I’d say 99% of people viewing Scrawlare doing so because they heard it stars Daisy Ridley, who has since starred in couple of slightly more popular movies (Star Wars in case you’ve been living under a rock). Scrawl's final release is a combination of new material and re-recordings of Rough Trade/Simple Machines era material.Stars: Mark Forester Evans, Daisy Ridley, Liam Hughes, Joe Daly, Annabelle Le Gresley, Nathalie Pownall, Elizabeth Boag, Chris Casey, Ellie Selwood, Morag Sims, Catherine Ruddick, Derek Jones, PennyJo Koviou, Alice May Ferngrove | Written and Directed by Peter Hearn Produced by Gary Smith ( Throwing Muses, Pixies, The Chills, Walkabouts)įollowed by tours with the Afghan Whigs, Meat Puppets, Fugazi and My Bloody Valentine Mays performed live with the Afghan Whigs at the Reading Festival 1994 and, more recently, with the reunited Whigs at All Tomorrow's Parties I'll Be Your Mirror USA 2012. The recording was released as a B-side on the Afghan Whigs' Debonair single, and later appeared on a promotional CD The B-Sides/The Conversation and on the remastered ' Gentlemen' At 21. The Whigs also recorded a cover of 'Ready' from Scrawl's He's Drunk with Mays sharing vocals with Greg Dulli.

Marcy Mays appeared as lead singer on 'My Curse' from the album Gentlemen by the Afghan Whigs.

The band was then signed their first major label deal with Elektra, for whom they released two albums, Travel On, Rider, and Nature Film. It was engineered by Steve Albini (around the time he produced Nirvana), and released on the Simple Machines label. They recorded their next album, Velvet Hammer, in 1993. Their next release, a seven-track EP called Bloodsucker, was released on the Chicago-based Feel Good All Over label (then reissued on Simple Machines Records).ĭrummer O'Leary left the group in May 1992, and was replaced by Dana Marshall. filed for bankruptcy in 1990, the band placed a successful bid to purchase back their master recordings during an auction held during the label's Chapter 11 proceedings. The following year the band was signed to the ill-fated Rough Trade Records U.S., for whom they released two albums, He's Drunk (produced by Jim Rondinelli) and Smallmouth (produced by Gary Smith). Their first album, Plus, Also, Too, was self-produced (with Andy Izold) and released in 1987 on the local label No Other Records. Their first show, in the summer of 1985, was a 20-minute opening spot for the Meat Puppets.

The founding members were Marcy Mays (lead vocals, guitar, songwriting), Sue Harshe (bass guitar, backing vocals, songwriting), and Carolyn O'Leary (drums).

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