Just as if Nick Cave became one with his female duet partners
from «Murder Ballads» – a kind of symbioses of man and woman reciting songs about the dark sides
of the human soul and the lightness of being. A melancolic soundtrack, in the manner of Enrico
Morricone, a soundtrack to an inner movie about raptures, scars and blank spaces, about fading,
remembrance and longing unfolds before our ears: Welcome to the universe of «Scratches» ladies and
gentlemen.
Scratches is a four piece band out of Basel, that was founded in 2010 following the collaboration of
theater director and singer Sarah-Maria Bürgin and guitarist and theater composer Sandro Corbat. The
two started off as a duo playing obstinate coverversions of known songs, quickly developed their own
signature and distinctive style and earned widespread recognition with their debut album «Fade» in
2014. 2017 marks the release of their second album «Before Beyond» and the band, that turned into a
quartet with bassist Marco Nenniger and drummer Jonas Prina joining in, is more than ready to
conquer the musical world with their timeless sound.
