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{{Short description|South East London-based post-punk/art rock band}}

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|alias =

|origin = South East [[London]], England

|genre = {{hlist|[[Art rock]], |[[post-punk revival]], |[[psychedelic rock]], |[[shoegaze]]}}

|years_active = {{start date|df=yes|2008}}–20132008–2013

|label = [[Mute Records|Mute]]

|associated_acts = [[The Horrors]], [[Toy (band)|TOY]]

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|current_members =

|past_members = Thomas Cohen<br />Bradley Baker<br />Samuel Kilcoyne<br />Ruarridh Connellan<br />Joseph Williams<br />Huw Webb<br />Melissa Rigby

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'''S.C.U.M''' were a South East London-based [[post-punk]]/[[art rock]] groupband. Its members were Thomas Cohen (vocals), Bradley Baker (machines, press), Samuel Kilcoyne (keyboards), Huw Webb (bass), and Melissa Rigby (drums). The band previously included Ruaridh Connellan (drums) and Joseph Williams (bass, media). S.C.U.M took their name from [[Valerie Solanas]]' manifesto, [[SCUM Manifesto]], an ironic reference to the all-male band before Connellan's dismissal and replacement by Rigby.<ref name="q_08_2011">''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' magazine, "New to Q: Introducing the month's hottest talent...S.C.U.M", Issue 301, p. 39, August 2011, Simon Goddard</ref>

==History==

S.C.U.M formed in early 2008 with its initial line-up consisting of Thomas Cohen, Bradley Baker, Samuel Kilcoyne (founder of the Underage club nights and the [[Underage festival|festival spin-off]] as well as the son of [[Add N to X|Add N to X's]] Barry 7), drummer Ruaridh Connellan, and bassist Joseph Williams who left early on in the band's career due to his desire to become a barrister.<ref name="q_08_2011"/>

S.C.U.M's debut single, "Visions Arise", was released on [[Loog Records]] on 15 September 2008.<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/SCUM-Visions-Arise/release/1527731 S.C.U.M. - Visions Arise]. @ Discogs.</ref> Since then the band have toured extensively across the UK and Europe to a growing fan base and released three exclusive digital download tracks called SIGNALS.<ref>[http://www.viceland.com/music/2009/04/scum-launch-their-signal-on-viceland/ SIGNALS]. {{dead link|date=February 2020}}</ref> While S.C.U.M were travelling across Europe performing shows, they were taking studio time in each city they visited to record new works specific to each location. The music documented their sonic journey and acted as an audio visual scrapbook of the bands travels and musical progression. S.C.U.M have recorded a series of "SIGNALS" in [[Warsaw, Poland]]; [[Berlin, Germany]]; [[Paris, France]]; and [[Athens, Greece]]. S.C.U.M "SIGNAL (4) ATHENS" will be released later this year. [[Paris]] was the most extreme of these with the band describing it as a painting of their minds at the time. Cohen later said, "'Paris' was the one that started it; I just remember taking to bed one night after contemplating the early Dada artists and the lyrics came to me in a screen of emotion signals". They were featured and interviewed in the April 2010 edition of ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''.<ref>http{{Cite web|url=https://coverwww.mojo4music.com/Item.aspx?pageNomagazine/mojo|title=1810&yearMOJO|website=2010Mojo}}</ref>

S.C.U.M were chosen by [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]] to perform at the [[All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|ATP I'll Be Your Mirror]] festival that they curated in July 2011 at London's [[Alexandra Palace]].<ref>[http{{Cite web|url=https://www.atpfestival.com/events/ibymportishead.php ATP: |title=I'll Be Your Mirror London] curated by Portishead & ATP|website=All Tomorrow's Parties}}</ref> On 18 July 2011, the single entitled "Amber Hands" was released by [[Mute Records]] and was described by [[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]] as "the mammoth first single from the London [[Shoegazing|shoegazers]]".<ref>[http://mutedotcom.wordpress.com/releases/ Releases.] mutedotcomMutedotcom.wordpress.com.</ref><ref>[http{{Cite web|url=https://www.pitchfork.com/forkcastnews/1598110301-amber-hands/|title="Amber S.C.U.MHands"|website=Pitchfork.com|date=27 -June Amber2011 Hands.]}}</ref>

The band recorded their debut album with producers Ken and Jolyon Thomas whose production credits (individually and together) include [[David Bowie]], [[Public Image Ltd]], [[Sigur Ros]], and [[Psychic TV]] among others. The album, ''[[Again Intointo Eyes]]'', was released on 12 September 2011 via Mute Records and received generally positive reviews with a 7.3 rating from aggregating website, [[AnyDecentMusic?]].<ref name="hangout">[http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/131565-s-c-u-m-release-debut-album.html S.C.U.M. release their debut album 'Again Into Eyes']. -hangout.altsounds.com.</ref><ref name="adm">{{Cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/3480/SCUM-Again-Into-Eyes.aspx|title=S.C.U.M. - ''Again Into Eyes''.|publisher=[[AnyDecentMusic?]]|accessdate=12 September 2011}}</ref>

On 27 August 2012, [[Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade]] exclusively released what they dubbed a "lost EP" by the band. The limited edition run of 300 7" vinyl was recorded at 1-2-3-4 HQ studios in East London and intended as a self-release. However, due to a mix-up at the pressing plant, the vinyl went missing. A recent clear-out of a storage cupboard revealed the metalwork for the pressing and it was returned to the band who approached Rough Trade about releasing it.{{cn|date=August 2016}}

On 12 January 2013, S.C.U.M announced via [[Facebook]] that they were splitting up after their long hiatus. They also made hints of solo projects to come soon.

In June 2013, it was announced that former members Melissa Rigby, Huw Webb, and Bradley Baker had undertaken a new project named Astral Pattern. The [[dream pop]] band released a first single, "Sitting in the Sun", and that an EP titled ''Light Poems'' would be released shortly.<ref>[http{{Cite web|url=https://www.37adventures.bandcamp.com/album/light-poems-ep]|title=Light Poems EP, by Astral Pattern|website=37 Adventures}}</ref>

==Musical style and influences==

S.C.U.M have claimed that they are not influenced by anyone musically, though they have spoken of a love for [[Throbbing Gristle]], [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]] and [[Liars (band)|Liars]]. Commenting on some British tabloids' calling him "a pretentious rocker", Cohen said: "It's because we don't make music about social issues so it comes across as unsocial and therefore pretentious. Which is rubbish."<ref name="q_08_2011"/> The band have stated in interviews that some of their songs deal with emotional fluctuations caused by visual manifestations of coloured shapes representing repressed lust. The band's [[post-punk revival]] sound as well as the fact that Huw Webb is the brother of [[Rhys Webb (musician)|Rhys Webb]] from [[The Horrors]] has led to many comparisons between the bands and, with [[Toy (English band)|TOY]], they have been dubbed "baby Horrors" by some negative critics.{{who|date=February 2020}}

==Discography==

===Singles===

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|''[[Again Intointo Eyes]]''

|12 September 2011

|align="center"| Mute

|align="center"| No. 192<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zobbel.de/cluk/110924cluk.txt|format=TXT|title=Chart stats|website=Zobbel.de}}</ref>

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'''Astral Pattern'''

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|''Light Poems'' EP

|1 July 2013

|align="center"| 37 Adventures

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'''Blueprint Blue'''

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|''Undertoad'' EP

|5 May 2014

|align="center"| Italian Beach Babes

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|''Flying Machine'' EP

|9 March 2017

|align="center"| Luv Luv Luv

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'''Thomas Cohen (solo)'''

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|''[[Bloom Forever]]''

|6 May 2016

|align="center"| MuteStolen Recordings

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==References==

{{reflist|30emReflist}}

==External links==

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[[Category:Post-punk revival music groups]]

[[Category:English rock music groups]]

[[Category:MusicalRock music groups from London]]

[[Category:Mute Records artists]]