2012 is the year of the….
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collaboration. we are doing our touring but we have a lot of things coming up really soon. We have our Remix album: Change and Chaos coming out in February. We have a little blurb in Relix Magazine coming out along with being on their performance sampler. Also have plans to do some new recordings with some really cool artists!
We’re in the northern east coast for a couple of weeks now and then we’ll eventually take some time to write and record some new music the end of feb and beginning of march. then touring again mid March. Stay tuned!
Post Christmas Gift
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We trust everyone had a safe and great holiday. Just like all the other tuesdays of December we wanted to offer you a free download of one of our songs. Today, December 27th we’ve made our song “Shaker” available for free downloading. So go to our music page and click on the E.P, The Wilshire Mixes and download “Shaker” for FREE! please tell your friends..that way we can make as many new scratch track friends as possible. Thank you in advance!
ST
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
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We hope this holiday season has been great and continues to be a safe one for everyone! This month of December Scratch Track has not been touring, however we have been offering you free music. The first weekly give away was “Call” off of the Legend of Wild Bill. Then last week it was Kick it, off of Brake Lights. Well, staying with the spirit of Christmas and Love we are offering our song “Love Someone” off of the album Sirens FREE THIS WEEK! (we kinda feel like Oprah right now) 
So tell your friends. Tell your neighbors.
Call your loved ones. Tell them to go our album Sirens on our music page and download Love Someone for free!
Stay Tuned for our Remix album, ‘Change and Chaos’ most likely releasing the end of January or early February. Look for us back on the road then too more and more dates are starting to come in. Thanks and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!
ST
Free Songs
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So for this holiday season we have decided to make one of our already existing songs free every Tuesday. but the only catch is, You have to go find it. So go to our music page on and click through our 5 albums that are there and look to the right of the song title and you will see the word “free” next to the title that is free today on “free music tuesday”.
we’ll do it for 24 hours so send emails to your friends. call your neighbors. text your boyfriends and your girlfriends. skype your parents. post a link on your profiles.
Scratch Track’s giving away at least one of their song every Tuesday! Get on it!
Operation: Remix
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For the last 5 years we have been talking about remixing our songs and giving them a brand new life and identity. Well its finally happening, after a few attempts and countless conversations we are going to be releasing a collection of remixed scratch track songs from our last 4 recordings. Friends from across the country are lending a hand as well to make this the most diverse and unique scratch track recording to date. We are literally in the studio right now….and jason is playing a mandolin. This is so much fun. we hope to release this before Christmas. stay tuned…..
Isaac Thompson Reviews ‘Brake Lights’
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From the very first driving guitar lick on ‘Change It Up’, it’s very clear
Scratch Track is back with new music and it’s better than ever. The distinct
sound coming from this two-man band’s explosion of music carves out a niche
all their own. ‘Kick It’ once again shows the versatility and creativity of
beats as ‘As Long As’ captures listeners with a catchy groove that fans of
the band are accustomed to hearing. Another solid EP from a band that just
continues to raise the bar with each new offering.
Isaac Thompson – Career Artist Management
Jason Trabue Reviews Brake Lights
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☆☆☆ 93 stars out of 100
I’ve been known to give Jason and DJ a hard time about stepping their game up and writing “Hits”. After all, it’s 2011 and NO ONE really likes music anymore… Do they?
They’ve done a great job at making me eat my words with Brake Lights. It’s nothing short of a Macy’s Day Parade of “Hits”. They made great strides with the production on this record. Jason’s guitars rock from start to finish. The guy gets guitar tones that others only dream of. DJ’s vocals blend with the music better then they ever have, and his beat box sounds better than most drum sets. I still don’t understand how that works!
Don’t Get Too Close ( To Me ) made me do something I haven’t done since I watched Armageddon…. Cry. Thanks, Mr Hamlin, thanks a lot.
Deep Thoughts by Jason Trabue — Drum Tech for Motion City Soundtrack and Thrice
Josh Stanifer Reviews Brake Lights
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☆☆☆☆ 4 out of 5
If The Legend of Wild Bill had a love child with Interpretations of the Afterwards, it would sound a bit like Brake Lights. This album, at times, can get as hard as the asphalt these two guys have been traveling on. Seasoned mountainmen, this album retains the original sound that defines Scratch Track while simultaneously paying homage to all those that have given influence. This album is both a look in the rearview and a hand on the throttle. Don’t get caught in traffic or a broken down van without this one.
Josh Stanifer
IS SUMMER REALLY ALMOST OVER!!???
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If you haven’t heard, it’s August. You know what that means, everyone’s saying, ‘I can’t wait for fall’, or ‘I want it to be cold’ or ‘I wish Scratch Track would put out a new record’…Well, we haven’t just been sitting on our duffs all summer!!! In April we recorded our 6th album. Mixes and fixes and additions and art and listening takes a while after. Another E.P. installment. Brake Lights. Written during sound checks, at practice spaces, the van, hotel rooms, in the studio, at friends houses, on planes, on buses (greyhounds), and late night trips to Waffle House. A bit different than most Scratch Track records. We’ve had a hard time conveying our sound in the studio. How do you make a record sound interesting with an acoustic guitar and beat boxing?? We keep getting closer with each try. With Brake Lights, we use every trick we have up our sleeve in the studio, without taking away from what we do as Scratch Track. The beats are there. The acoustic is there. The smooth vocals and harmonies are there. The fun. The attitude. The song writing. The tongue in cheek. The real. The weary. The dynamics. Your moms gonna love this album, just like she always has. Durrr. Come on, it’s an ST record!!
Track Listing:
1) Change It Up
2) Kick It
3) NO
4) Runnin Away
5) As Long As
6) Don’t Get Too Close (To Me)
‘Change It Up’ has been in our arsenal for a few years. This song is very explosive live and usually the song that we start our sets with. We’ve been tweaking it for a while. It was supposed to go on ‘Sirens’, but we decided to keep shaping and shifting it. Definitely happy that we waited.
‘Kick It’ was also something we were tweaking. At times, songs are there, but you have to seek and conquer the quest. Ha. I wrote the hook a while back, but needed some inspiration and help from DJ. We kept coming back to this song. In Austin, TX…again in NYC…again in Groton, MA….again in Harrisburg, PA…again in Chicago…you get the picture. I love the old school feel of it. Reminds me of ‘Papa Was A Rolling Stone’. With a full band, this would CRUSH, but we sound great too
‘NO’ is another old idea brought back to life. I’m pretty sure we wrote this while we were recording ‘The Legend of Wild Bill’. It wasn’t record ready and we couldn’t decide if it was worth sharing. After a billion listens, it grew on us. But it was always ready. The beat kills. It has a great groove. What more do you want??
‘Runnin Away’ was an idea from a writing session at The Iva. For those of you who may not be aware, The Iva is a real place. I once saw a unicorn there. Right in Independence, MO. Independence is also the home of Tech 9. Maybe you’ve heard of him? Hang on, I just dropped something. …anyway…This jam became reality with help from a little bit of life. We’ve been on the road for 8 years now. It starts to wear a person out. Too much time stuck in a van with your thoughts can also start to wear.
‘As Long As’ was originally a jingle for a Wendy’s commercial. Hahaha…One of our publisher’s wanted us to work on something for a Wendy’s commercial. We were on the road. Only had 12 hours to get it to the ad agency. They wanted beat boxing, acoustic guitar, and a little hip hop in the commercial. Ummm…DUUHHHH…so supposedly we were top 3 and we obviously aren’t in a mansion right now with DirectTV…so here’s As Long As….with different lyrics and hook than Wendy’s commercial we aren’t singing ‘My 99′ and about ‘Burgers and Fries’….
‘Don’t Get Too Close (To Me)’ Well, where to start. It’s a bit of a departure for us Just a bit. I wrote this for my country album. DJ thought it was a good idea to put it on our album. It wasn’t going to be until about 3 weeks ago. Our fans seem to love music. We talk to our fans and friends about all styles of music. It’s always funny when someone comes up and says, ‘I usually hate this kind of music, but you guys are GREAT!!’ …..thanks? haha…this is a tune we would play in the van driving down the highway…..Country album coming soon!!
Lots of dates on our calendar for the fall already!! We haven’t played in the northern plains much in a while. We’re REALLY excited to be going back!! Cities in Wisconsin, The U.P. of MI, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and some others along the way. Hopefully we will see some of you out there! Our new album will be available on our site shortly. August 19, 2011 is the release date. We are also kicking around the idea for another west coast swing. TBA. Come rock with us sometime live!
Jason
Spring, Shows and Recordings
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hey everyone, we’re having a great 2011. The weather is finally starting to feel like Spring and we’re no longer dodging blizzards and ice storms. We just finished a great Showcase at NACA Northern Plaines in St.Paul Minnesota. We are looking forward to playing the many shows that were booked this upcoming fall and next spring. And a couple of weeks ago, we went into the studio and recorded 6 new songs that we’re hoping to release very soon. Stayed on that as well. We’re heading to the east coast this weekend so look for us in your area if you’re out that way.
Jason and DJ
