Scrawl started out on Rough Trade, a very suitable label for their scrappy folk-punk. Their formative first record sounds like a collection of demos and sometimes half-baked ideas. It might have made for a decent six-song EP, given the misguided inclusion of failures like "Loser" and "Slut." Still, Plus, Also, Too's better moments ("Gutterball," "Standing Around") show a band with oodles of potential and strong songwriting that's as miserablist as early
Throwing Muses, but more intelligible ant to-the-point. It offers only a slight indication of what would follow. Long out of print, only the most diehard completist should seek this out. ~ Andy Kellman