The Unscratchable Itch Sniffany & The Nits SKU: PRAH051LPX Barcode: 5060918152630 22.00 £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Prah Recordings Released Date: 17th March 2023 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Sniffany & The Nits are a deranged, genuinely troubling punk band from London featuring members of Joanna Gruesome, Ex-Void and The Tubs. Their debut album, ‘The Unscratchable Itch’, is released via PRAH Recordings. Drawing a through line between the British post-punk of The Fall and the new wave of insolent hardcore typified by bands like Lumpy & The Dumpers, The Nits have developed a knack for writing unhinged punk earworms. But it’s Sister Sniffany, and her singular lyrical and performance style, who elevates the band beyond the sum of their influences. Her lyrics inhabit the same world as her “macabre, visceral” (It’s Nice That) cartoons – a world of hidden humiliations, girl abjection, crumpled lager cans, clam chowder and lumpy, over-stuffed dollies. Over the course of ‘The Unscratchable Itch’, Sniffany ventriloquises a cast of pathetic, unbalanced characters: A secretarial administer tails her Casanova husband to a suburban swingers party: “I can smell him from here: a mix of Vaseline, foot cream and Stella beer.” A poor old grandmother’s glasses fog up as she chastises her granddaughter: “You self-entitled selfish little twat! / Left me to die in a popcorn-walled flat! / Spotty little smelly little prick! / Making your poor grandmother sick!” But these characters aren’t detached, impersonal creations. As Sniffany explains: “In Sniffany & The Nits I like to exorcise and exhibit the deeply shameful parts of myself that I see as the toxic aspects of my own femininity.” These are confessional songs about love addiction, jealousy, possession, self-loathing and “egg smashing-fury.” Though occasionally they are literally just about Sex & The City, red-pilled incels or grandmothers. O Williams (drums), Max ‘Wozza’ Warren (bass) and Matt Green (guitar) have been entrenched in the UK DIY scene for years, having played in the aforementioned bands, as well as countless others. Warren also runs the influential left-field label Gob Nation – a home for ‘egg punks’ across the country. As such, the band veer between atonal no-wave guitar assault, straight-up hardcore, goth/anarcho or whatever takes their fancy, while remaining identifiably Nit-like. Always grounded by a pounding, pogo-ing rhythm section, The Nits provide the perfect backdrop for Sister Sniffany’s wild, relentless live performances. See them live at 2022’s End of the Road Festival. Now available on khaki coloured vinyl LP. “The UK’s greatest and grossest new band” – Creem “This album will end up being one of the best underground British punk LPs of the year” – Steve Lamacq, 6 Music Artist Sniffany & The Nits Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Prah Recordings Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings The Unscratchable Itch Chicken Liver Good Boy Piggy Bank Clam Chowder 1000 Hours Frogs Legs Pearl Rope Grandma Dolly Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Sniffany & The Nits and more from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Matt's picks View Product Quick View Sniffany & The Nits The Unscratchable Itch Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Prah Recordings | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 2nd September 2022 £19.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Sniffany & The Nits The Unscratchable Itch £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Prah Recordings SKU: PRAH051LP 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