
Polly Scattergood is a rare talent, a musician who can make the disturbing sound delightful. Built around fractious yet delicate guitar and piano (she plays a stylophone and accordion too), and Scattergood's distinctive voice, the album is produced by Simon Fisher-Turner and Gareth Jones. She sounds something like Kate Bush meets Kate Nash on hard drugs. She also sounds as if she could probably kick your ass. Her songs lure you in by sounding fragile, but in reality they are sharper than a wall of razor blades. It's haunting stuff that's pretty damn good...in a [...]

MP3 : Corridor (Demo) by Polly Scattergood MP3 : Please Don't Touch (Golden Filter Dub Mix) by Polly Scattergood I just realized that I've been playing the new album by Polly Scattergood a lot at work. Figured I'd share some songs with you for your Memorial Day weekend. The Golden Filter's dub mix will be perfect for all your BBQs while the home recorded demo for Corridor shows that there's a lot of depth going on to Ms. Scattergood's music. Her debut album is [...]
"Please Don't Touch" is the single from Polly Scattergood 's new self-titled debut album, which just came out this past Tuesday on Mute Records . If the version of the song in the video isn't enough to satisfy you, here are a few additional mixes: Please Don't Touch (The Golden Filter Remix) Please Don't Touch (The Golden Filter Remix)(Pop Mix) Please Don't Touch (The Golden Filter Remix)(Dub Mix)

Another album bringing excitement of late is from London lass Polly Scattergood. Her self-titled album was released in the US this week on Mute. Featuring the bubbling magnetic single "Nitrogen Pink," the album assures that the young lady whose springing water nymph vocals bring obvious Kate Bush comparisons is no one trick pony. Polly's lyrics are an equally weighed part of the equation; quite self-aware, and delivering on such variables as the constant, and the battle to prevent insecurities from dictating her life. audio: Please Don't Touch (The [...]