The Scratch at Glasgow’s TRNSMT

National World - LocalTV

12/07/2024

We speak to Irish band the Scratch at TRNSMT.

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00:00If you'd just like to start by introducing yourselves.

00:08How are you, I'm Daniel. This is Connor, we're The Scratch.

00:12I'm Connor.

00:14No, nice to meet you. So describe The Scratch for me, what are you?

00:18A band of folk-y, metal-y, punk-y music played by four chaps on acoustic guitars in a wooden box.

00:30And sprinkle a bit of crack in there.

00:33Of the phone calling, not doing a crack, you know what I mean?

00:39We all know that, everyone knows that, that's alright.

00:41I don't need to, you know what I mean, everyone knows that.

00:44Yeah? Yes, alright.

00:47No, fantastic, great.

00:49So if you'd just tell me about your set today.

00:51What went on, what were you thinking before?

00:55Like, tell me all about it.

00:57First thing I thought was like, it's a much younger crowd at the festival than I thought it was going to be.

01:03So I was like, God, is there anyone, I don't know if there's anyone going to be at our gig.

01:08But I was surprised to see a few heads, which was good.

01:12Yeah, so that's what I was thinking beforehand.

01:14Yeah, it was just nice to be in Glasgow on a really nice sunny day.

01:18Yeah, the buzz, it's a great buzz at the festival.

01:21The way it's laid out and like it's small, smaller festivals are better.

01:26The King Tut's crew are all sound as well.

01:29There's a lovely buzz going on backstage, so we're just happy to be there.

01:33Amazing, so tell me about your relationship with Glasgow then.

01:39It's a very good relationship, very solid, healthy.

01:44We've played here like five times now.

01:48So yeah, it's been, yeah, probably the best gigs.

01:53It's always the best gig on the UK tour when we do one.

01:56Yeah, it's banging. We did King Tut's last time and that was the best one.

01:59Yeah, that was mighty crack.

02:00That was amazing.

02:01And the crack is just...

02:02The people are great.

02:04Yeah, there's always a good night out after as well.

02:06A dangerous night out.

02:08A couple of heads that just take us out and take us under their wing for an evening of dancing.

02:13And we kill a bit of music.

02:16And some White Russians for some reason every time.

02:19Yeah, what?

02:20What's the crack with the White Russians here?

02:22Okay, you're a White Russian.

02:23You what?

02:24Okay, you're the White Russian.

02:25No, but like, sorry.

02:26Sorry, I wasn't...

02:27No, but like I said, every time we come to Glasgow there just seems to be a deal on White Russians.

02:31A deal, yeah.

02:32Yeah, like in bars, it's just a thing.

02:33There's a specific street that seems to love White Russians.

02:36I don't know why.

02:37Yeah.

02:38There's a bar called The Mouskies and they have a full, like, double-page menu.

02:42Ah, that makes sense, yeah.

02:43So if you like White Russians...

02:45Yeah, that makes sense.

02:46I just, yeah, every time we're here there's just a plethora of White Russians on the go.

02:51Yeah.

02:52And I've just never experienced that anywhere else other than Glasgow.

02:55But I like it.

02:56I do like it.

02:57It's good.

02:58Oh yeah?

02:59Yeah.

03:00No, no, no.

03:01Amazing.

03:02So your new album is quite different from your previous.

03:06It's a lot heavier.

03:08Darker, some may say.

03:09Like, tell me a wee bit about that transitioning and adapting your music.

03:14It was quite confusing initially because we were reluctant to stray from what we'd been doing up until that point,

03:23which was primarily acoustic sound and music and kind of just lively, good crack, good times music.

03:31And so it took a bit of persuasion from a producer we got in.

03:35And he basically just held our hand and was like, man, just do what you want, don't think too much about it.

03:41So we just started incorporating Hampson into it and started leaning into, I guess, the metal side of ourselves.

03:48So it was a transitional type of album for us.

03:51So like the next album, we came away with it a lot more confident and emboldened about what we're going to do in the future.

03:57So we're happy with it, but we're looking forward to getting back in the studio and just going for it

04:03and using all the things that we learned from that album and applying them to this next album.

04:07So probably going to get heavier again, to be honest.

04:11Amazing. So tell me about where yous are from in Ireland. What's the craic there?

04:17I'm from, I was born in a place called Limerick, but grew up in a place called Leigh, about 40 minutes outside Dublin.

04:27A bit of a satellite town and a serious melting pot growing up of all sorts of people,

04:36moving out of Dublin, a lot of people who've moved to Ireland. It was a pretty mad place, but it was good.

04:45When I met Lango in school, he would have come and hung out in Leigslip and we had a good crew.

04:51And then our guitar tech is also from Leigslip. So, good spot, I will say.

04:58I spent the first three years of my life in a student house in Galway with my mum.

05:04Then we moved to Monaghan and lived with my grandparents there for a few years.

05:07Then I moved to Dublin and then I went to school in Dublin and then I met Doc.

05:12And then we just became best buds and shared music with one another and good times.

05:18And it's been a bromance ever since.

05:23Amazing. Any final words for the people of Glasgow?

05:28Get it right up, yeah, baby.

05:33He's beating me to all these answers.

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