The Screever - Issue
8, Autumn 2015.
The Stars are a free show - Volume Two
A6, 56 photocopied pages. Compilation tape made in conjunction with The Screever zine.
£4 (for zine, tape and a patch)
Ok, I’ll be up front – I love The Screever
I love the size. It has travelled in my jacket pocket for a
couple of weeks, filling the moments I want to disconnect from the constant digital
push with articles, interviews and features with people making things their own
way. Like Thomas Lee Rutter who is making a western based on Mark Twain’s The Mysterious Stranger, shot in
Worcestershire and Barmouth. Like Joe Solo who was responsible for the We Shall Overcome events to help express
collective disapproval of the government’s hateful austerity measures. Like Crow a new diy West Midlands skate brand.
I love the tape. Mix-tapes are about curation and duration,
which is rare combination to find these days. It is so easy to miss the bands
starting out, playing small gigs hundreds of miles away in venues you've never
heard of. Those bands might be making music that speaks to you personally - how
do you find them in the digital swamp? In this instance that’s where someone
like The Screever steps in. The Stars are a free show features 19 mainly
currently unreleased tracks including the excellently named Bratakus, who are also interviewed in
the zine, The International Hookey Club, La
Mascleta, and Movies, Games and
Videos.
I love how The Screever has been put together with an equal
amount of passion and care.
I love its attitude and inquisitiveness.
Just buy I copy, you’ll see what I mean.
Review by Nathan Penlington
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