The Only Place (Scorn album)

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The Only Place
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Studio album by
Scorn
Released16 June 2021
Label Ohm Resistance
Producer Mick Harris
Scorn chronology
Cafe Mor
(2019)		The Only Place
(2021)

The Only Place is an album by Scorn, released in 2021 by Ohm Resistance. Mick Harris commented "The album was made with the only place in mind where I can let go of all the hatred, anger, and darkness that are what fuel Scorn". [1]

Contents

The track "Distortion" is a collaboration of Mick Harris with Kool Keith and Submerged. [2] It was released as an EP with four mixes and a fifth, longer mix was brought out on the album. [3] Regarding Kool Keith's lyrics, Harris commented "I knew that he’d nail something, and it’s as simple as that". [2] In June 2021, the album was released and Harris shared the track "At One Point" exclusively via The Wire . [4]

Critical response

The album received positive responses from critics. The Sleeping Shaman review said "The Only Place is an album to get lost in, to focus a mood on, rather than put on for sheer instant gratification". [5] Igloo Magazine admired the "mangled, rugged and exploratory sonic displays". [6] The Quietus commented "The Only Place demonstrates anew that there is such a thing as a signature Scorn sound – primarily instrumental, driven by dub's celebration of bass, beats and space, at once weirdly comforting and with a strange, forbidding edge". [7]

Track listing

All music is composed by Mick Harris.

No.TitleLength
1."Ends"4:37
2."French Field Middle of Night"5:02
3."Mates Corner"4:18
4."At One Point"5:28
5."Thanks for Getting Back"4:56
6."After Tasting"3:40
7."Tick"5:13
8."Something That Was"5:09
9."Distortion"4:57
10."Don't and Never Have"4:28

References

  1. ↑ Breznikar, Klemen (18 June 2021). "Album Premiere of 'The Only Place' | New Album by Mick Harris' Scorn". It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine . Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby (18 June 2021). "Mick Harris, Kool Keith, and Submerged Discuss Scorn's "Distortion"". Pop Matters. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Exclusive – Kool Keith teams up with industrial experimentalists Scorn and Submerged for new single". Juno Daily. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Tracks - Audio - The Wire". www.thewire.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  5. ↑ Hunt-Bryden, Mark (21 June 2021). "Review: Scorn 'The Only Place'". The Sleeping Shaman. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  6. ↑ Da Sacco, Pietro (14 June 2021). "The Only Place (Ohm Resistance)". Igloo Magazine. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  7. ↑ Raggett, Ned (28 June 2021). "A Beautiful Space: Mick Harris Of Scorn Interviewed". The Quietus. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
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