One of Scarling.'s many definitions is the smallest mark left on your heart - yet after hearing Scarling. the band, you'll agree their sound is anything but small. With the release of 2004's critically acclaimed "Sweet Heart Dealer" (Produced by Chris Vrenna), an album that ultimately led them to a Short List Award Nomination, Scarling. has been capturing the hearts of their steadily growing cult fanbase, with their knack of redefining noise and chaos within the context of pop songs and expanding the ventricles of gloomsters and fey indie rockers alike. In 2004, Robert Smith handpicked Scarling. as one of the seven acts to tour with his Curiosa Festival, along with Interpol and Mogwai. When asked about how she felt being able to play with one of her long time favorites, Jessicka simply replied: "The Cure has always been one of the only bands I found worthy of surrendering everything in exchange for nothing. They have yet to break my heart."
Although The Cure's influence is evident, it's the collision of their collective diverse influences as well as the ability to properly utilize feedback and noise that gives Scarling. their signature sound. A sound created roughly six years ago in Los Angeles, when noise theorist Christian Hejnal and surname-free singer Jessicka bonded over an unbridled hatred of the legion of clinging parasites and soulless zombies choking the life out of music. After a series of 7" singles on Sympathy, Scarling. announced in early 2005 that their second album "So Long, Scarecrow" would appear later that year; it was preceded by the single "We Are the Music Makers", and was released on October 23, 2005.
The critical reception for Scarecrow was generally strong: Alternative Press gave the album a [5/5] rating and described Hejnal as a "guitar physicist who holds court over these atmospheric rockers’ second album, approximating everything from space-station climates to sperm whales rollin’ on E, all the while delivering solid songs."
The Independent noted “Scarling. work up a wonderfully hazy guitar swirl, reminiscent of post-My Bloody Valentine noise-pop from the Britain of the early nineties.”
And Bust (magazine) described the album as "the musical equivalent of an Edward Gorey illustration: ominous and shadowy, but not without a certain sense of morbid joy. Sly lyrics and sarcastic insights pepper Scarecrow’s dystopian soundscape."
SLS's first single "City Noise/Staring To The Sun" was released on 6-6-06 and is featured on the compilation "Alright, This Time Just the Girls Vol. 2" and in the documentary The Treasures Of Long Gone John. Scarling.'s music has been featured on Showtime's The L Word television series, and an episode of the medical drama Grey's Anatomy is entitled Band Aid Covers The Bullet Hole. In 2006 Scarling. continue to tour in the US and Europe and are expected to begin working on their third full length album in 2008.
On February 2, 2021, Jessicka announced on Twitter that she was no longer a part of the music industry, stating that she was now "finding other ways to release my negative emotions while trying to be kinder to myself."
Creep
Scarling. Lyrics
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Couldn't look you in the eye
You're just like an angel
Your skin makes me cry
You float like a feather
In a beautiful world
And I wish I was special
But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo.
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here.
I don't care if it hurts
I want to have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul
I want you to notice
When I'm not around
You're so fuckin' special
I wish I was special
But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo.
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here.
She's running out again,
She's running out
She's run run run run
Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you want
You're so fuckin' special
I wish I was special
But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo,
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here.
I don't belong here.
The song "Creep" by Scarling is a powerful and emotional expression of longing and inadequacy. The lyrics describe the singer's intense fascination with someone who they perceive as beautiful and special, but also their own sense of unworthiness and disconnection from the rest of the world. The opening lines establish the paradox of the situation: the singer is unable to meet the gaze of the person they admire, yet they are drawn to them with a force that is almost painful. The description of the person "floating like a feather in a beautiful world" is both a romantic idealization and a reminder of the distance between the singer and the object of their desire.
The chorus of the song contains some of the most memorable lyrics, as the singer confesses that they feel like a "creep" and a "weirdo" who doesn't belong. This sense of alienation and self-doubt is contrasted with the intensity of the desire that the singer feels for the other person. The bridge of the song shifts the focus slightly, as the singer expresses their own desires for control and perfection, as well as the desire for the other person to notice them when they're gone. The repeated refrain of "I wish I was special" is a haunting and poignant reminder of the singer's feelings of inadequacy.
Overall, Scarling's "Creep" is a powerful and emotionally charged song that captures the complex dynamics of desire, attraction, and self-doubt. The lyrics are both personal and universal, conveying a sense of longing and alienation that many listeners can relate to.
Line by Line Meaning
When you were here before
Talking about past times with someone
Couldn't look you in the eye
Feeling ashamed or guilty
You're just like an angel
Perceiving someone as angelic or perfect
Your skin makes me cry
Feeling overwhelmed by someone's beauty
You float like a feather
Describing someone's gracefulness or lightness
In a beautiful world
Seeing the world as beautiful
And I wish I was special
Feeling inferior or inadequate
You're so fuckin' special
Recognizing someone as superior or unique
But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo.
Feeling different or abnormal
What the hell am I doing here?
Questioning one's place or purpose
I don't belong here.
Feeling like an outsider
I don't care if it hurts
Willing to endure pain or discomfort
I want to have control
Desiring power or authority
I want a perfect body
Striving for physical perfection
I want a perfect soul
Striving for moral or spiritual perfection
I want you to notice
Seeking attention or recognition
When I'm not around
Noticing one's absence
She's running out again,
Someone leaving or abandoning
She's running out
Continuing someone's act of leaving or abandoning
Whatever makes you happy
Caring about someone else's happiness
Whatever you want
Putting someone else's desires first
I don't belong here.
Reinforcing feelings of being an outsider
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Mike Hazelwood, Albert Louis Hammond, Edward John O'Brien, Colin Charles Greenwood, Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood, Philip James Selway, Thomas Edward Yorke
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